professorially
In learned fashion
In the manner of a professor—with the scholarly bearing, didactic tone, or intellectual authority associated with academic life.
Someone who speaks professorially may lecture at length, explain with excessive thoroughness, or adopt an air of learned superiority: He stroked his beard and professorially corrected her pronunciation.
Wearing corrective lenses
- tweedTextured woolen cloth
- ivory-towerSheltered intellectual enclave
- absent-mindedProne to forgetting things
- pacingRate of movement
podium · blackboard · spectacles · bow-tie · cardigan · study · donnish · owlish
Exerting strong authority
- masterfulHighly skilled and authoritative
- magisterialDomineering and authoritative
- distinguishedNotable and respected
- imposingImpressively grand in scale
expert · knowledgeable · sagacious · oracular · pontificating · declamatory · pronouncing · expounding
Giving an instructive talk
- tenureProtected employment status
- facultyInherent power or ability
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
- thesisAcademic argument requiring defense
seminar · colloquium · publications · citations · journals · monograph · bibliography · footnotes
Serving to teach
- explanatoryServing to clarify meaning
- expositoryServing to explain
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
- pedagogicalRelating to teaching methods
enlightening · informative · edifying · illuminating · clarifying · heuristic · mentoring · guiding
Excessive focus on trivialities
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- overcriticalExcessively prone to faultfinding
- meticulousShowing extreme attention to detail
punctilious · fastidious · precise · exacting · fussy · persnickety · stickler · caviling
bespectacled
Wearing corrective lenses
- tweedTextured woolen cloth
- ivory-towerSheltered intellectual enclave
- absent-mindedProne to forgetting things
pacing · podium · blackboard · spectacles · bow-tie · cardigan · study · donnish · owlish
commanding
Exerting strong authority
- masterfulHighly skilled and authoritative
- magisterialDomineering and authoritative
- distinguishedNotable and respected
imposing · expert · knowledgeable · sagacious · oracular · pontificating · declamatory · pronouncing · expounding · gravitas
lecturing
Giving an instructive talk
- tenureProtected employment status
- facultyInherent power or ability
- dissertationExtended academic treatise
thesis · seminar · colloquium · publications · citations · journals · monograph · bibliography · footnotes · syllabi
instructive
Serving to teach
- explanatoryServing to clarify meaning
- expositoryServing to explain
- tutorialInstructional step-by-step guide
pedagogical · enlightening · informative · edifying · illuminating · clarifying · heuristic · mentoring · guiding · elucidating
nitpicking
Excessive focus on trivialities
- hair-splittingExcessive focus on trivialities
- quibblingPetty objection-raising
- overcriticalExcessively prone to faultfinding
meticulous · punctilious · fastidious · precise · exacting · fussy · persnickety · stickler · caviling · hypercritical
professoriallycasually
In an informal way
informally · colloquially · conversationally · offhandedly · breezily
professoriallysimply
In plain terms
plainly · unpretentiously · humbly · down-to-earth · straightforwardly
professoriallyamateurishly
In unskilled manner
haltingly · uncertainly · deferentially · collaboratively · peer-to-peer