Official and Professional

Official

Official adjective - Ordered or allowed by those in authority.

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Professional and official are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Professional" instead an adjective "Official".

Professional adjective - Of or relating to or suitable as a profession.

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Official and professional are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Official" instead an adjective "Professional".

brilliant	brilliant official	brilliant professional
responsible	responsible official	responsible professional
actual	actual official	actual professional
arrogant	arrogant official	arrogant professional
Other adjectives: young, respected, secret, former, ruthless, last, competent, local.

Demo v0.7 of 2 was the official turning point from "anything-goes fangame" to aiming for professional quality.

Source: Video Game / Super Smash Flash
It helps that he's a professional singer (he even WROTE some official Scooby-Doo songs).

Source: Non-Singing Voice
Despite all the professional success and having the official knight title of Sir Laurence Olivier, he always insisted on being called "Larry".

Source: Sugar Wiki / Rule of Sean Connery

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