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What is the adjective for professorial?

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Included below are past participle and present participle forms for the verbs profess, professionalize, professionalise, unprofessionalise and unprofessionalize which may be used as adjectives within certain contexts.

professional
  1. Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession.
  2. That is carried out for money, especially as a livelihood.
  3. (by extension) Expert.
  4. Synonyms:
      5. white-collar, executive, non-manual, administrative, management, managerial, supervisory, controlling, directorial, directing, ruling, governing, decision-making, office, managing, regulating, clerical, salaried, policymaking, law-making, nonmanual, governmental, official, regulatory, organizational, bureaucratic, commanding, legislative, directive, authoritative, superintendent, overseeing, superintending, departmental, regulative, jurisdictional, presiding, supervising, central, deciding, decisive, ministerial, organisational, policy-making, in control, in charge, guiding, gubernatorial, conducting, logistical … more
  5. Examples:
      6. “An essential aspect of being a professional person, is presenting yourself in a respectable and confident manner.”
      “Isaac will finally realize his dream of becoming a professional football player when he becomes next year's number 1 draft pick.”
      “You can always rely on Jeff to produce professional results.”
unprofessional
  1. unbecoming of a professional; hence inappropriate in the workplace
  2. Lacking a profession.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. inexpert, amateurish, amateur, unskilled, inexperienced, incompetent, unskillful, bungling, nonprofessional, unskilful, dilettante, clumsy, blundering, unqualified, untrained, jackleg, dilettantish, cowboy, crude, unpractised, inadequate, inefficient, bumbling, slapdash, shoddy, slipshod, sloppy, careless, nonexpert, cack-handed, second-rate, inept, maladroit, incapable, unfit, substandard, useless, unable, ineffectual, unfitted, awkward, floundering, gauche, unhandy, unproficient, unequipped, inferior, ineffective, green, deficient … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “He rubbished his team for another unprofessional performance.”
      “This was one of the most childish displays of unprofessional conduct I've seen in the media ever.”
professorial
  1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a professor or professors, or of a professorship or professorships.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. academic, scholastic, intellectual, scholarly, educational, school, academical, pedagogical, bookish, pedagogic, lettered, erudite, cultured, learned, literary, studious, literate, learning, well educated, esoteric, intelligent, well-read, sapient, well read, enlightened, versed, well versed, educated, well informed, illuminated, teaching, well-informed, well-educated, for study, polymath, conversant, scientific, studied, knowledgeable, highbrow, cultivated, sage, civilized, wise, clever, pedantic, sagacious, recondite, expert, widely read … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Mark Wooden is a professorial research fellow at the Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic Research.”
      “He took up an academic position at the university, where he attained professorial standing.”
      “I'm not sure if he's scouting future talent or having a little professorial fun with us.”
professorly
  1. (informal, possibly nonstandard) Professorial; having the manner or appearance of a professor or professors.
professorlike
  1. Resembling a professor, characteristic of a professor.
professory
  1. Of or relating to a professor; professorial.
unprofessorial
  1. Not professorial; not befitting a professor.
professionalish
  1. Somewhat professional; having a professional air.
professed
  1. Professing to be qualified.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. declared, acknowledged, confirmed, avowed, confessed, stated, open, sworn, announced, blatant, proclaimed, certified, self-acknowledged, self-confessed, asserted, affirmed, admitted, accepted, known, avowedly, overt, self-proclaimed, recognized, established, sanctioned, authorized, approved, proper, agreed, correct, true, just, rightful, genuine, accredited, unquestioned, answered, returned, undoubted, undisputed, unchallenged, conceded, recognised, authorised, well-known, agreed upon, generally accepted, commonly accepted, widely recognized, bound … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The Malaysian-born Sebastian is a Pentecostal Christian teacher from Adelaide, and professed virgin.”
      “She is a professed chef, known for her exceptional culinary skills and expertise.”
      “His professed love for things other than club-friendly material might be an indication of where Page's head is at, why it's not yet lost in the clouds of high-paying gigs and international renown.”
professorless
  1. Without a professor or professors.
profesh
  1. (informal) Clipping of professional
professorish
  1. Characteristic of a professor.
  2. Examples:
      3. “Alexander begins the film as a socially awkward scientist, bumbling and sweet, with a penchant for pocket watches and professorish vested suits.”
professable
  1. That can be professed.
unprofessed
  1. Not professed.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. closet, private, secret, hidden, unrevealed, covert, concealed, clandestine, surreptitious, undisclosed, furtive, underground, undeclared … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “However, their unprofessed expectation might well be that their child will not have to attend a racially integrated school.”
professing
  1. present participle of profess
  2. Synonyms:
      3. asserting, declaring, affirming, maintaining, avowing, averring, stating, claiming, contending, avouching, guaranteeing, alleging, proclaiming, asseverating, insisting, vowing, warranting, purporting, certifying, protesting, announcing, vouching, confirming, deposing, acknowledging, predicating, admitting, confessing, owning, constating, singing, soapboxing, spieling, spouting, stumping, laying down, crossing heart, saying so, owning up, acknowledging publicly, declaring publicly, coming out, making out, opening up, swearing on bible, swearing up and down, talking big, acting as if, blowing hot air, getting off your chest … more
professionalized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of professionalize
professionalizing
  1. present participle of professionalize
professionalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of professionalise
professionalising
  1. present participle of professionalise
unprofessionalised
  1. simple past tense and past participle of unprofessionalise
unprofessionalising
  1. present participle of unprofessionalise
unprofessionalized
  1. simple past tense and past participle of unprofessionalize
unprofessionalizing
  1. present participle of unprofessionalize
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