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Definition: CLERKLY

Part of Speech Definition
Adverb 1. In a scholarly manner.[Websters]
2. In a wise manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective 1. Of or pertaining to a clerk.[Websters]
2. Being ghostly, otherworldly or unworldly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Clerkly" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references)

Specialty Definition: CLERKLY

Domain Definition
Literature 1: Clerkly Cleverly; like a scholar.
2: Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, iii. 1.
3: "I thank you, gentle servant: `tis very clerkly done." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Definition: CLERKLY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adverb1. In a scholarly manner.[Websters]
2. In a wise manner.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adjective1. Of or pertaining to a clerk.[Websters]
2. Being ghostly, otherworldly or unworldly.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "CLERKLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references)

Specialty Definition: CLERKLY

DomainDefinition
Literature1: Clerkly Cleverly; like a scholar.
2: Shakespeare: Two Gentlemen of Verona, iii. 1.
3: "I thank you, gentle servant: `tis very clerkly done." Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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