Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clerklike

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
clerk-like
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Resembling or characteristic of a clerk; tidy, bureaucratic, etc.

Etymology

From clerk + -like.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

more clerklike (comparative) most clerklike (superlative)

Derived Forms

unclerklike

Synonyms

clerkish

Questions

What does clerklike mean?
Resembling or characteristic of a clerk; tidy, bureaucratic, etc.
Where does clerklike come from?
From clerk + -like.

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