as in pedagogic
Related Words
Relevance
Dissimilar Words
Example Sentences
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of professorial
Noticeably out of place with his full head of gray hair, rectangular glasses and professorial demeanor, Kennedy wandered among the crowd of cops and deputies, eyes peeled for suspicious ink.
—
Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
His tone can be professorial with occasional flashes of bone-dry humor.
—Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
His conversational style in interviews is pensive and soft-spoken, almost professorial, which hooked up to the note of insistence just underneath the angel-cake vocal beauty.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
After leaving her professorial position, Darcy started sharing free, educational content on OnlyFans and YouTube.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for professorial
Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2025
His tone can be professorial with occasional flashes of bone-dry humor.
—Matina Stevis-Gridneff, New York Times, 26 Apr. 2025
His conversational style in interviews is pensive and soft-spoken, almost professorial, which hooked up to the note of insistence just underneath the angel-cake vocal beauty.
—Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Mar. 2025
After leaving her professorial position, Darcy started sharing free, educational content on OnlyFans and YouTube.
—Zoey Lyttle, People.com, 13 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for professorial
Recent Examples of Synonyms for professorial
Adjective
-
Instead of allowing a disability exception, colleges with tech bans should provide peer tutors, teaching assistants, and writing centers to help students who require extra assistance—low-tech strategies that decades of pedagogical research show to be effective in making education more accessible.—
Tyler Austin Harper,
The Atlantic,
11 Sep. 2025
-
Time and time again, college students willfully engage in religious discussions if the intentions of all parties are authentic – often occurring between friends and faculty who adopt critical and inclusive pedagogical approaches in the classroom.—
Matthew Mayhew,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
-
In fact, if the ongoing reign of multiplayer shooter Marvel Rivals is any indication, the comic book character wrapping might just be the incentive needed to get otherwise bookish gamers fully committed to the bloodsport.—
Christopher Cruz,
Rolling Stone,
9 Sep. 2025
-
The once bookish nerd is now seemingly confident and has caught the attention of ladies at his school.—
Lexy Perez,
HollywoodReporter,
31 Aug. 2025
Adjective
-
Noah is a debt-addled, nerdy middle-aged who feels totally emasculated by his inability to get a project off the ground.—
Sam Bodrojan,
IndieWire,
11 Sep. 2025
-
The city has been taken over by a bunch of evil gangs and so the nerdy Scott Pilgrim and his pals, including Ramona Flowers and Lucas Lee come to the rescue.—
Joshua Lamb,
Forbes.com,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
-
For true scholastic style, pair it with penny loafers or Mary Janes.—
Francesca Krempa,
Travel + Leisure,
15 Sep. 2025
-
For birthdays, scholastic achievements and other random celebrations, my parents would bring out that red plate for me or my siblings.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Mercury News,
6 Sep. 2025
Adjective
-
As men's wear grew less formal, Woody Allen would stake a claim on baggy khaki and corduroy as the uniform of a tweedy, tightly wound New Yorker.—
Joshua Hunt,
New York Times,
12 June 2024
-
Her clothes, increasingly, have a pragmatic femininity, like a number of tweedy bellbottom suits that opened the show, some with vests of blue and coral beads covering the front, or diamond patterns of turquoise and plum sequins on the sleeves.—
Rachel Tashjian,
Harper's BAZAAR,
8 Dec. 2022
Adjective
-
Much of it is donnish intellectual history, full of interesting but digressive discussions.—
Jeffrey Collins,
WSJ,
5 Oct. 2018
Adjective
-
Is this just marketing, or does scholarly research really support such claims?—
Brian W. Stone,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
-
Joshi says teachers also tend to be a vocal crowd that isn’t shy about sharing their scholarly opinions.—
John Kell,
Fortune,
3 Sep. 2025
Adjective
-
Greengrass uses the scene where the bus becomes stationary as an example of conveying feelings without being pedantic.—
Tomris Laffly,
Time,
6 Sep. 2025
-
Jesse makes a big point of that, because Jesse is a bit on the pedantic side.—
Peter J Reilly,
Forbes.com,
8 July 2025
Cite this Entry
“Professorial.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/professorial. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share