lawyerly

形容词 adj. 副词 adv.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Characteristic of, or suitable to, a lawyer.
    — She rewrote the letter to make it sound more lawyerly.
副词 adv.
  1. In the manner of a lawyer. rare
    — > 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.

词形变化

more lawyerly comparative most lawyerly superlative more lawyerly comparative most lawyerly superlative

词源

词源 1
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).
词源 2
From lawyer + -ly (adverbial suffix), after the adjective.
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