teacherly
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of teacherly
First recorded in 1680–90; teacher ( def. ) + -ly (in the sense “like”)
Example Sentences
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But where Hofstadter is playfully enigmatic and brashly brainy, Chalmers’s writing is perspicuous and teacherly — an approach that keeps it from collapsing into recalcitrant obscurity.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 11, 2022
With each experiment, Melvin Inojosa, 29, dressed in teacherly khakis and a bright blue collared golf shirt, bounded between lab tables, sinks, a whiteboard and his desk, exclaiming “Optics!”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2018
And his voice — mellifluous, clear, teacherly but never overbearing — was seemingly everywhere.
From New York Times ● Dec. 31, 2014
Otherwise it abounds in teacherly niceties, testing these dancers in many fine but unshowy points.
From New York Times ● Jun. 8, 2011
Sister Mukumbu would have given me the plain, pure, teacherly truth.
From "One Crazy Summer" by Rita Williams-Garcia
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