clerk
noun
a person employed, as in an office, to keep records, file, type, or perform other general office tasks.
clerklike
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a word derived from
clerk.
Example Sentences
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Then he buckled down, with clerklike industry, to the job of God-Emperor.
From Time Magazine Archive
All he did was to sign the circulars with his flourish and signature, and direct them in a shaky, clerklike hand.
From Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
And at last he drew a sheet of paper forward and wrote, in his neat, clerklike hand, just a few lines.
From Beyond The Rocks A Love Story by Elinor Glyn
In him is no remedy; only clerklike 'despatch of business' according to routine.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
