professionally

Variant of professional

adjective

  1. of, engaged in, or worthy of the high standards of a profession
  2. ☆ designating or of a school, esp. a graduate school, offering instruction in a profession
  3. earning one's living from an activity, such as a sport, not normally thought of as an occupation
  4. engaged in by professional players: professional hockey
  5. engaged in a specified occupation for pay or as a means of livelihood: a professional writer
  6. being such in the manner of one practicing a profession: a professional hatemonger

noun

  1. a person practicing a profession
    1. a person who engages in some art, sport, etc. for money, esp. as a means of livelihood, rather than as a hobby
    2. pro ()
  2. a person who does something with great skill

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