Oxford English and Spanish Dictionary, Synonyms, and Spanish to English Translator

Meaning of lawyerly in English:

‘His lawyerly grasp of a brief on every subject gives him the edge over questioners every time.’

‘In practice, this lawyerly distinction hasn't worked.’
‘Eventually they believe that there must be something to the charges because the endless parsing of it sounds lawyerly, desperate and boring.’
‘The letters he sent to his captors, often in shaky, hard-to-read handwriting, reveal the lawyerly and uncompromising precision of his approach.’
‘Putting witnesses under oath induces them to weigh every word with lawyerly care rather than freely volunteer information.’
‘The West's appreciation for the rule of law can be seen in the lawyerly parsing of targets to ensure that they are valid and military in nature.’