Literary notes about professional (AI summary)
The word “professional” in literature is deployed as a versatile descriptor that spans a spectrum of occupations, behaviors, and social standings. In some works it denotes specialized skill or expertise—as when a character is identified with a profession that demands both artistry and ethics [1, 2, 3]—while in others it describes an almost ironic commitment to a vocation, even when that vocation might be morally dubious [4, 5, 6]. Authors also use the term to infuse narratives with a sense of formal decorum, whether referring to polite discourse or the reserved nature of business and artistic interactions [7, 8, 9]. At times, “professional” encapsulates both ambition and pretense, hinting at calculated measures in personal conduct or the portrayal of societal roles [10, 11, 12].
- Medicinal plants should not be used without consulting a trained medical professional.
— from The Medicinal Plants of the Philippines by T. H. Pardo de Tavera - He is a professional musician at Kennetbridge—between here and Christminster.
— from Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy - Where the right of reparation is well developed, there each profession maintains a code of professional ethics.
— from Introduction to the Science of Sociology by E. W. Burgess and Robert Ezra Park - A Telaga, Chikayya by name, who was a professional thief, determined to plunder the mutt, in order to satisfy his mistress.
— from Castes and Tribes of Southern India. Vol. 7 of 7 by Edgar Thurston - He is a professional beggar, though, in order to avoid the police regulations, he pretends to a small trade in wax vestas.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - They are all professional gamblers and sharp-witted.
— from The Memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt, 1725-1798. Complete by Giacomo Casanova - Professional Or Home Dining Room Service
— from Etiquette by Emily Post - Communications upon professional or business matters, where no acquaintance exists to modify the circumstances, should be written thus:—“Mr.
— from The Gentlemen's Book of Etiquette and Manual of Politeness by Cecil B. Hartley - All day I was engaged in my professional work, and it was late in the evening before I returned to Baker Street.
— from Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle - I am the only outsider who knows it—and my professional existence depends on holding my tongue.”
— from The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins - And the next moment his eye 31) lighted up with professional ambition.
— from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson - “ ‘That is quite correct,’ I answered; ‘but you will excuse me if I say that I cannot see how all this bears upon my professional qualifications.
— from The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
