"My, we are in a nasty mood today," Smith said in his usual professorial manner.

As a result, the Rangers find themselves under the influence of different styles, Esposito's loud and Webster's soft, professorial manner.

He got back the professorial manner.

Do not be fooled by Mr. Serkin's professorial manner and three-piece suits.

He made a comically serious face at me and then spoke with authority and it professorial manner.

'Exactly,' said Nash in a very mild professorial manner.

His effectiveness reflected in part a professorial manner honed at New York University, where he taught for more than 40 years.

He glanced at me in a very professorial manner.

A fifth-generation Nebraskan whose father ran the family's optical factory, he wears conservative suits and has a courtly, professorial manner.

With his persistence and professorial manner, Mr. Bennett has finessed a remarkable string of achievements.