professorial

adjective

Definition of professorial

: of, relating to, characteristic of, or resembling a professor professorial duties professorial authority a calm, professorial manner Johnson was professorial in his approach to the game. He could talk for hours on the nuances of the Czechoslovak national team's power play.— E. M. Swift

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professorially \ ˌprō-fə-ˈsȯr-ē-ə-lē

, ˌprä- \ adverb

… a tall man with professorially thick glasses and graying, tangled hair … — John Seabrook

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