lawyerly adjective 1adverb 1forms 2 adjective1 •Characteristic of, or suitable to, a lawyer.She rewrote the letter to make it sound more lawyerly. adverb1 •(rare) In the manner of a lawyer.“That’s my name,” she said. “Could be another Blanche Smith,” she said, lawyerly. — 2010 formsmore lawyerly · most lawyerly