ex professo

adverb

Professedly; by profession.

OriginLatin ex professo →
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Meanings

adverbex professo (not comparable)
  1. not comparableProfessedly; by profession.
  2. not comparableAs an expert; with the competence one would expect from a professional; in the capacity of an expert.
  3. not comparableExpressly.

Origin

  1. Latinex professo“by profession”
  2. Englishex professo

From Latin ex professo (“by profession”).

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ex professo. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex%20professo

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“ex professo.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/ex%20professo. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

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