Wordnet 3.0
ADJECTIVE (1)
1.
relating to or characteristic of professors;
- Example: "professorial demeanor"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Professorial \Pro`fes*so"ri*al\, a. [L. professorius: cf. F.
professorial.]
Of or pertaining to a professor; as, the professional chair;
professional interest.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
professorial
adj 1: relating to or characteristic of professors;
"professorial demeanor"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
28 Moby Thesaurus words for "professorial":
academic, bookish, devoted to studies, diligent, donnish,
dryasdust, mandarin, owlish, pedagogic, pedantic, preceptorial,
professorlike, rabbinic, scholarly, scholastic, schoolmastering,
schoolmasterish, schoolmasterlike, schoolmasterly, schoolmistressy,
schoolteacherish, schoolteachery, studious, teacherish,
teacherlike, teachery, teachy, tutorial