Meaning of professorly | Babel Free

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Professorial; having the manner or appearance of a professor or professors.

informal, nonstandard, possibly

Examples

“The decorous, professorly group known as the College Art Association will descend on us this week for its 61st annual convention.”

“Of course the subjects weren't really professors, Davis said, just professorly looking men she had spotted.”

“So, after doing my professorly duty and dispensing wisdom, I hang up with the reporter and stand in the middle of the dark bedroom.”

“Reading The God Delusion, on the other hand, all I did was nod furiously and point at myself, and perform a little professorly strut around the train carriage.”

“Often compared to Bellow and Roth, his prose reminds me more of Chabon's, but perhaps more avuncular, more, yes, professorly, shaping the male Jewish consciousness.”

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