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lawyerish

lawyerish adjective: resembling or characteristic of a lawyer.

Adjective

lawyerish (comparative more lawyerish, superlative most lawyerish)

  1. (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a lawyer.
    Synonyms:
    lawyery

Noun

lawyerish (uncountable)

  1. (informal) The language or jargon used by lawyers.
    • The general counsel at a pharma company elaborated: "Nine of ten of our ExCo members are MDs; you have to be able to speak 'doctorish,' not 'lawyerish,' to them.2022, Heidi K. Gardner, Ivan A. Matviak, Smarter Collaboration: A New Approach to Breaking Down

Synonyms of lawyerish

Forms of lawyerish

comparativemore lawyerish
superlativemost lawyerish

Origin of lawyerish

From lawyer + -ish.

Questions about lawyerish

What does lawyerish mean?
Lawyerish means resembling or characteristic of a lawyer.
What part of speech is lawyerish?
Lawyerish can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near lawyerish in the dictionary

  1. lawyeress
  2. lawyeresses
  3. lawyering
  4. lawyering up
  5. lawyerings
  6. lawyerish
  7. lawyerism
  8. lawyerisms
  9. lawyerless
  10. lawyerlike
  11. lawyerliness

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