What part of speech is clerical?

Clerical can be categorized as a noun and an adjective.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. clerical is a noun, singular of clericals.
  • 2. clerical is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • more clerical
    most clerical
  • Positive: clerical 
  • Comparative: more clerical
  • Superlative: most clerical

What does clerical mean?

Definitions

Adjective

clerical - appropriate for or engaged in office work; "clerical skills"; "a clerical job"; "the clerical staff"
clerical - of or relating to the clergy; "clerical collar"
clerical - of or relating to clerks; "clerical work"

Noun

clerical - A member of the clergy.

Examples of clerical

#   Sentence  
1. adj. Clerical skills.
2. adj. A clerical job.
3. adj. The clerical staff.
4. adj. Clerical collar.
5. adj. Clerical work.
6. adj. The church's publication of a rant against same-sex marriage was clearly a clerical error.
7. adj. A collar may come in many varieties, from button-down to clerical, and Mandarin to Masonic, but it is never a lapel.
8. adj. I find it so strange that keyboards can be both musical and clerical.
Sentence  
adj.
Clerical skills.
A clerical job.
The clerical staff.
Clerical collar.
Clerical work.
The church's publication of a rant against same-sex marriage was clearly a clerical error.
A collar may come in many varieties, from button-down to clerical, and Mandarin to Masonic, but it is never a lapel.
I find it so strange that keyboards can be both musical and clerical.

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