So, in a lawyerly way, she worked with her sister to lay down ground rules.

The morning began with a lawyerly version of throat clearing.

Other times, however, he can be a master of lawyerly flourishes.

The movie maker issued only a brief lawyerly statement about the case.

At this point my lawyerly instincts were kicking in, but I didn't want to make a scene.

Both answered in lawyerly fashion that the issue of work on other matters "hasn't come up."

Certain lawyerly claims are greeted by a shout of "What?"

His legal articles on gun rights have attracted interest beyond the lawyerly realm.

'Every man must make provision for the unknown future,' he said in a lawyerly way.

Phyllis looked at me and asked a lawyerly question.

"A few things are particularly troublesome," I explain now with my best lawyerly frown.

Add to this the right kind of lawyerly spin, and behold: a miracle!

And that, it says with lawyerly understatement, could "have a material adverse impact on the company."

Then, even more subdued, he added the lawyerly qualifier, "Not to my knowledge."

Happily unencumbered by legal training, Richard begins showing off his most lawyerly behavior.

Their optimism could well be misguided, but it makes a change from the lawyerly gloom of some democrats.

That level of investment and lawyerly skill should be compensated generously.

The main hazard for general readers will be Gould's almost lawyerly treatment of the scientific literature.

He wrote lawyerly letters to officials and labor experts he read about in newspapers.

I grunted; there was a lawyerly pause, then Ellen picked up her phone.

Pure lawyerly stupidity, welcome to Oracle's hope to move the industry to 1950s.

His lawyerly sophistry was not appreciated, given that hundreds of people had already been killed in the civil war.

Such theft has long been viewed as among the most heinous of lawyerly offenses.

Here is the lawyerly response: the answer is yes, except when it is no.

Typical of his lawyerly approach to life, he typed his lyrics.