lawyerly

[law-yer-lee, loi-er-lee]

adjective

1. resembling or characteristic of a lawyer.

Other Word Forms

• unlawyerly adjective

Example Sentences

Retaining the header is a lawyerly attempt to keep his word while flouting it in spirit.

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“From a normal lawyerly perspective, these things are really imprecise. But that imprecision gives maximum flexibility so that a range of people can be targeted and, potentially, chilled,” she said.

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The lawyerly senator from Nevada is one of just two Democrats to repeatedly vote with Republicans and Maine’s independent senator, Angus King, to have the federal government up and running.

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It is also likely that the president would have been little inclined to listen to tedious lawyerly cautions.

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This is a transparent bit of lawyerly sleight of hand: By responding in terms of how Congress certified the 2020 election, rather than in terms of the real-world results that prompted Congress to certify the election as it did, the nominees answered correctly, while also aligning themselves with the stolen-election conspiracy theories that are now table stakes for anyone who aspires to a career in Republican politics.

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