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professorial
adjective as in learned
Strongest matches
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adjective as in pedagogic
Example Sentences
Carroll, 56, has a professorial look about him, with a salt and pepper Ken Burns-style haircut, a beard and rimless glasses.
When he speaks he is casual and spontaneous, as if talking to an old friend, but can also at times still have a professorial tone.
Paul was professorial, with his history and geopolitical lessons on Islam.
It is practically professorial rather than a shameful cave-in.
To make matters worse, says the source close to Hagel, the White House also worried about Hagel being too professorial.
The explanation of this disregard of the personal element in the professorial character is obvious.
Mackintosh would have been most at home in a professorial chair.
We may pass over with but brief notice the years from 1806 to 1820, which preceded his attainment of professorial rank.
On receiving the appointment to the professorial chair, the pro-slavery newspaper press of the country opened a regular assault.
Out now in the great world of America, my ambition was to secure a professorial chair.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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