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dancerly

dancerly adjective: proper to or characteristic of a dancer.

Adjective

dancerly (comparative more dancerly, superlative most dancerly)

  1. Proper to or characteristic of a dancer
    • Finally, Similar Orbits, choreographed by Lynn Brown and set to Talking Heads' "Listening Wind," was the most "dancerly" piece of the evening.1988 July 22, Justin Hayford, “Dance and More for $1.98”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of dancerly

comparativemore dancerly
superlativemost dancerly

Origin of dancerly

From dancer + -ly.

Words formed from dancerly

Questions about dancerly

What does dancerly mean?
Dancerly means proper to or characteristic of a dancer.
What part of speech is dancerly?
Dancerly is an adjective.

Words near dancerly in the dictionary

  1. danceresses
  2. dancerette
  3. dancerettes
  4. danceries
  5. dancerliness
  6. dancerly
  7. dancers
  8. dancery
  9. dances
  10. dances around
  11. dances attendance

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