unclerklike

English

Etymology

un- +‎ clerklike

Adjective

unclerklike (comparative more unclerklike, superlative most unclerklike)

1. Not befitting a clerk.
   • 1863, J[oseph] Sheridan Le Fanu, The House by the Church-yard. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), London: Tinsley, Brothers, […], →OCLC:

     'I will,' he muttered, with another most unclerklike oath, and he took Katty by the hand, and shook it slowly in his own cold, damp grasp as he asked, with the same intense and forbidding look, 'Is Mr. Lowe in the house still?'