Word: professorly
Part of speech: Adjective
Syllables: pro
fe
ssor
ly
Definition: Professorial; having the manner or appearance of a professor or professors.
Morphemes:
Affix: professor
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A teacher or faculty member at a college or university regardless of formal rank.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: professor
Language: la
Decoded: professor
Meaning: declarer, person who claims knowledge
Affix: -ly
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adjectives from nouns, the adjectives having the sense of "behaving like, or having a nature typical of what is denoted by the noun".