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clerklike

clerklike adjective: resembling or characteristic of a clerk; tidy, bureaucratic, etc.

Adjective

clerklike (comparative more clerklike, superlative most clerklike)

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a clerk; tidy, bureaucratic, etc.
    Synonyms:
    clerkish

Synonyms of clerklike

Forms of clerklike

comparativemore clerklike
superlativemost clerklike

Origin of clerklike

From clerk + -like.

Words formed from clerklike

Questions about clerklike

What does clerklike mean?
Clerklike means resembling or characteristic of a clerk; tidy, bureaucratic, etc.
What part of speech is clerklike?
Clerklike is an adjective.

Words near clerklike in the dictionary

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

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