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clerklier

clerklier is the comparative form of clerkly.

Meaning of clerkly

Adjective

clerkly (comparative clerklier, superlative clerkliest)

  1. Of clerks; befitting a clerk.
    • the clerkly life
    Synonyms:
    clerkish, clerky
  2. (obsolete) Scholarly.
    • For notwithstanding al your great brags and this your clerkly booke, ye knowe not nor euer shall knowe, but that the Pope is the supreame head of the Churche.1567, Thomas Stapleton, chapter 6, in A Counterblast to M. Hornes Vayne Blaste against M. Fekenham, Louvain, page 36

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What is clerklier the comparative form of?
Clerklier is the comparative form of clerkly.

Words near clerklier in the dictionary

  1. Clerkins
  2. clerkish
  3. clerkishly
  4. clerkism
  5. clerkless
  6. clerklier
  7. clerkliest
  8. clerklike
  9. clerkliness
  10. clerkling
  11. clerklings

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