We are bored with the joke of professorial custom.
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Professorial
//ˌprɒfəˈsɔːɹiəl//
Synonyms for "professorial" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
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3 entriesTranslations
8 translations across 7 languages.
Belarusian
1 entries- прафе́сарскі adj (relating to or characteristic of a professor)
French
1 entries- professoral adj (in the capacity of a professor)
Irish
1 entries- ollúnta adj (relating to or characteristic of a professor)
Polish
1 entries- profesorski adj (relating to or characteristic of a professor)
Romanian
2 entries- de profesor adj (relating to or characteristic of a professor)
- profesoral adj (relating to or characteristic of a professor)
Russian
1 entries- профе́ссорский adj (relating to or characteristic of a professor)
Ukrainian
1 entries- профе́сорський adj (relating to or characteristic of a professor)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
David and I were not "intimate" friends. There was always a certain old-worldly formality about our interchanges. There was something professorial and distant about David, something that commanded respect, partially, I think, because he was so respectful himself.
Source: wiktionary
Adamant that women could not enter the professorial fraternity, [[w:Cornell University|Cornell [University]]] did not appoint any women professors until 1911 and then only in home economics. Comstock regained her professorial title only in 1913, after working for many years as a lecturer (Conable 127, 130).
Source: wiktionary
Professorial, downright dorktastic African-American NBA [National Basketball Association] stars are defying the expectation that they wear an intimidating hood facade, which is changing how we view black athletes—and how they view themselves.
Source: wiktionary
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