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lawyerly
adj 1adv 1
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4ADJ.
beside, neat, strange
VERB + LAWYERLY
courts, made, said, sound
LAWYERLY + NOUN
n
ADV.
truly
Definitions
adj
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.
adv
1
In the manner of a lawyer.
> 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.
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She rewrote the letter to make it sound more lawyerly.
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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.
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> 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 "consit
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“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 n
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“That’s my name,” she said. “Could be another Blanche Smith,” she said, lawyerly.
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