Word: clerkly
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: clerk
ly
Definition: Scholarly.
Morphemes:
Affix: clerk
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A scholar; a learned person (especially in the humanities); someone who by long study has gained mastery in one or more disciplines
Etymology Compounds: Affix: κλῆρος
Language: grc
Decoded: kleros
Meaning: the clergy, what is alloted, a lot
Affix: -ῐκός
Language: grc
Decoded: -ikos
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Added to noun stems to form adjectives: of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
Affix: -ly
Language: en
Meaning: adjectival