professorly

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English

Etymology

From professor +‎ -ly.

Adjective

professorly (comparative more professorly, superlative most professorly)

  1. (informal, possibly nonstandard) Professorial; having the manner or appearance of a professor or professors.
    • 1973 January 21, Grace Glueck, “A Most Zeitgeist-y Affair”, in New York Times, retrieved 10 April 2013:
      The decorous, professorly group known as the College Art Association will descend on us this week for its 61st annual convention.
    • 1993 June 2, “Fine threads don't mean top profs, Tech study says”, in Roanoke Times:
      Of course the subjects weren't really professors, Davis said, just professorly looking men she had spotted.
    • 2005 February 22, William McKeen, “Larger than life, a mystery in death”, in Tampa Bay Times, retrieved 10 April 2013:
      So, after doing my professorly duty and dispensing wisdom, I hang up with the reporter and stand in the middle of the dark bedroom.
    • 2009 January 12, Jon Blyth, “Jimmy Carr saved my life”, in The Guardian, UK, retrieved 10 April 2013:
      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.
    • 2011 July 5, Eleanor Henderson, “Tumultuous Tales Of Loathing And Wit”, in National Public Radio, retrieved 10 April 2013:
      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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