lawyerly

adj

Etymology

From lawyer + -ly (adverbial suffix), after the adjective.

  1. inherited from lawiere
  2. suffixed as lawyerly — “lawyer + ly

Definitions

  1. Characteristic of, or suitable to, a lawyer.

    • She rewrote the letter to make it sound more lawyerly.
    • Norton had made a neat, lawyerly check beside each of the items he and Billy had picked up—half a dozen or so, including the milk and a six-pack of Coke.
  2. In the manner of a lawyer.

    • “That’s my name,” she said. “Could be another Blanche Smith,” she said, lawyerly.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA