lawyerly
/lˈɔjɚli/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.64 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characteristic of, or suitable to, a lawyer.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "> And, in fact, there are legal limits to this alleged "right" of > possession as well, ones that have been upheld by the courts. Truly lawyerly said. Strange how the courts can uphold laws as "consitutional" that clearly contravene Constitutional clauses or ammendments.^([sic]) Judicial "activism" for you."
- "“I’m not really even sure, I mean I don’t know. We'll figure it out, okay?” This statement melded into a question delivered half at Cameron and half at Cameron’s lawyer. Everett, very lawyerly, said nothing. Cameron, however, shook his head vigorously."
- "“That’s my name,” she said. “Could be another Blanche Smith,” she said, lawyerly."
- "“I’m instructing you and my client to avoid all interrogation. Roosevelt is on strong narcotics for pain and could answer irrationally. I don’t want him held accountable for something he may say while under the adverse effects of narcotics.’[’] I said lawyerly."
Etymology
Etymology tree English lawyer Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-West Germanic *-līk Old English -līċ Middle English -ly English -ly English lawyerly From lawyer + -ly (adjectival suffix).
Word Breakdown
Inflected Forms
more lawyerly (comparative)
most lawyerly (superlative)