professorial

Relating to or characteristic of a professor, often implying an academic, scholarly, or slightly pedantic manner.

• 🇫🇷Relatif à un professeur ou caractéristique de celui-ci, évoquant souvent une manière académique, savante ou légèrement pédante.

1. Relating to a professor B2 formal

   Characteristic of or suitable for a professor, especially in manner or appearance.

   • He had a professorial air about him, with his tweed jacket and glasses.
   • Her professorial tone made the lecture feel very authoritative.
   • The room was decorated in a professorial style, full of books and papers.

   🇫🇷Relatif à un professeur

   Synonymes: academicdonnisheruditepedagogicalscholarly

2. Scholarly or academic C1 formal

   Having the qualities of a scholar; learned, academic, or pedantic.

   • His professorial approach to the problem impressed the committee.
   • She gave a professorial explanation of the complex theory.
   • The debate took on a professorial character, with detailed references.

   🇫🇷Qualités d'un savant ou d'un universitaire

   Synonymes: academicbookisheruditeintellectuallearnedpedanticscholarlystudious

   Antonymes: unscholarly

• more professorial comparative form
• most professorial superlative form