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“I am a lawyer,” said the lawyer, lawyerlike.

From Slate • Jan. 11, 2017

The Government's lawyerlike brief was signed by two of its bright young men, Paul A. Freund, onetime secretary to Mr. Justice Brandeis, and John G. Laylin, assistant to General Counsel Herman Oliphant, of the Treasury.

From Time Magazine Archive

The return to the principles of 1888 was proclaimed in John Foster Dulles' skillful, lawyerlike opening conference speech.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was boxed into frankness by Dulles' skillful mixture of concession, firmness and lawyerlike analysis.

From Time Magazine Archive

In former days, if any moral question came before me, I was always apt to turn it into the mere lawyerlike exercise of searching and interpreting my written code.

From Phases of Faith Passages from the History of My Creed by Newman, Francis William