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professorially

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pro·fes·sor  (pr-fsr)
n.
1.
a. A college or university teacher who ranks above an associate professor.
b. A teacher or instructor.
2. One who professes.
[Middle English professour, from Old French professeur, from Latin professor, from professus, past participle of profitr, to profess; see profess.]
profes·sori·al (prf-sôr-l, -sr-, prf-) adj.
profes·sori·al·ly adv.
pro·fessor·ship n.
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Adv.1.professorially - in a professorial manner; "she behaved very professorially"
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But there is still a level of symbolic significance even in an approach to biography as professorially referential and determinedly free of analysis as Baker's.
Carlos Baker and the "true gen."(Ernest Hemingway's biographer and ... by Kimbrel, William W., Jr. / The Hemingway Review
Still others had plenty to say: a few were ready with picks that crystallized deep-seated intellectual biases and esthetic affinities, others pontificated professorially, revealing refined literary sensibilities.
A thousand words by Slonim, Jeffrey / Artforum International
 
 
 
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