doctorly meaning

• adjective

Examples

1. I think if you sign on to be a doctor and do doctorly things, it can be rather boring.
2. But given the sensationalism and immediacy of its subject, you come to appreciate Lavery's doctorly mixture of sobriety and empathy.
3. Disregarding doctorly advice, Waugh, known as Bron to his friends, continued all his bad habits and never lost his sense of humor.
4. He takes a special interest in Anna's ailing mother, but the attention is more about getting closer to Anna than it is about doctorly compassion.
5. Much more of a woman's body is exposed when she is in her ordinary dress, he tells us with doctorly logic, than when she is under a pile of bedclothes.