English
scribely
From scribe + -ly.
Formed from scribe + -ly
Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreybʰ- ‘to scratch, to tear’
Old French scribe
Middle English scribe
English scribe
Today it means
adj Of, relating to, or characteristic of a scribe; scribal.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “scribely”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / scribely