professionally

American  

[pruh-fesh-uh-nuh-lee, proh-] / prəˈfɛʃ ə nə li, proʊ- /

adverb

1. in a professional way.

2. as a career or profession.

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Example Sentences

It was the opera that helped him at 14 fall in love with the art form and the first opera he conducted professionally a half-century ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

There, he became personally and professionally acquainted with the aged Igor Stravinsky, whose music proved foundational to Mr. Thomas’s career.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

And this speech does feel like a representation of how angry he is that he has had all the successes in the world, both personally and professionally, and still can’t take the win.

From Slate • Apr. 17, 2026

Alice Coltrane accomplished so much, personally, professionally, and spiritually, and her influence is only now rising to the level it should have been when she was still on this planet.

From Salon • Apr. 14, 2026

In the third were students who were unlikely to ever play professionally and who intended to be music teachers in the public school system.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell