adv. [f. as prec. + -LY2.]
1. In a clerical manner, like a clergyman.
1876. C. M. Davies, Unorth. Lond., 117. Then the clerically-dressed gentleman took up his parable.
2. In relation to writing out or copying.
1886. Law Rep., 31 Chanc. Div. 255. There will be no practical difficulty in making the resettlement clerically stand so as to effect the real intention of the parties.