clerkly

a. 办事员的, 办事员似的

词形变化

clerklier 比较级 clerklier clerkliest clerkliest 最高级 more clerkly 比较级 most clerkly 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Of clerks; befitting a clerk.

    the clerkly life

  2. 2.

    Scholarly.

    废旧
adv.
  1. 1.

    In a scholarly manner.

    废旧

    1783, Thomas Holcroft, Human Happiness: or The Sceptic, London: L. Davis et al., Canto 5, p. 56, But I can prove, by reading Clerkly, From Leibnitz, Malbranche, Bayle, and Berkley, Things far more strange, friend Will, than these;

相关短语

词源

From clerk + -ly.

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