scribely

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1. 1

   Of, relating to, or characteristic of a scribe

   Of, relating to, or characteristic of a scribe; scribal.

   • This meant that his school studies had effectively stopped, but now he had acquired enough scribely skills to be of use to any of the outdoor departments of the temple administration.
   • But keep on the lookout for the 1st-century-a.d. stele on the right wall, with symbols of the deceased's civic scribely duties (a scroll and codex), and the fresco remnants around to the left.
   • Yet traditional history writing, preoccupied with that history of the victors Benjamin so memorably pinpointed, would have transferred its scribely allegiance without effort to the side of 'Power' in any case.

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