clerkliness noun2 •The character or qualities of a clerk; the quality of being clerkish; orderliness, attention to detail, diligence, and/or a focus on bureaucratic tasks or recordkeeping.Some other images of the contracts […] take this verisimilitude one step further and illustrate with their neat rows and columns the very idea of clerkliness, order, accountability. — 2017 •(no longer used) scholarship (character or qualities of a scholar)