adj
Meaning 1
Characteristic of, or suitable to, a lawyer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- She rewrote the letter to make it sound more lawyerly.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
lawyerly
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Sound
Pronunciation
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CMU ARPABET: L AO1 Y ER0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adv
Meaning 2
In the manner of a lawyer.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: rare
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
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).
From lawyer + -ly (adverbial suffix), after the adjective.