professorial
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Despite his professorial air, however, he dished up practical advice rather than academic musing, the magazine said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
"I don't think he would ever call himself Dr. Seuss had it not been for being at Oxford and having the literary and professorial aspirations when he was there."
From BBC ● Mar. 2, 2026
Under the accident-prone and professorial Ishiba, disastrous elections left the LDP short of a majority in both houses of parliament.
From Barron's ● Feb. 6, 2026
Freed to make his own movies, he still comes across a tad professorial.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2025
“Ease up, baby. You’re getting all professorial on us again.”
From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein
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