professional
/pɹəˈfɛʃ.ə.nəl/ adjective A2- Of, pertaining to, or in accordance with the (usually high) standards of a profession. · The doctor is very professional in his manner.· You should get professional advice about your tax liability.
- Expert.
- Of an occupation, paid, especially so as to provide a livelihood. · a professional musician, a professional footballer
- Engaging in persistent behaviour that is exaggeratedly implied to be a full-time, paid occupation. · Don't listen to him, he's a professional bullshitter.· As a professional optimist, I always look on the bright side.
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At any rate, I pledge my professional reputation— But the lady has fainted!
I was able once to do him a professional service, and he is ready to advise as a friend rather than as a specialist.
His costume was a peculiar mixture of the professional and of the agricultural, having a black top-hat, a long frock-coat, and a pair of high gaiters, with a hunting-crop swinging in his hand.
Evans’s, you know, for she is a professional, and I’m only a schoolgirl, with a little knack of reciting.
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