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instructorish

instructorish adjective: characteristic of an instructor; didactic.

Adjective

instructorish (comparative more instructorish, superlative most instructorish)

  1. (rare) Characteristic of an instructor; didactic.
    • My Rabinovich energetically dragged on the English cigarette, once again straightened the broken earpiece of his eyeglasses with those instructorish two fingers, wiped his chin and, moving over to me in earnest, confidingly informed me […]1996, Zinovy Zinik, One-Way Ticket: Stories, page 27
    • Jefi Zell is a former ski instructor from Jackson Hole. In powder-8 competitions, he makes beautifully round ski-instructorish turns. On his own, he doesn't mind showing why he's one of the hottest extreme skiers at Jackson.1994, Skiing, volume 46, number 7, page 53

Forms of instructorish

comparativemore instructorish
superlativemost instructorish

Origin of instructorish

From instructor + -ish.

Questions about instructorish

What does instructorish mean?
Instructorish means characteristic of an instructor; didactic.
What part of speech is instructorish?
Instructorish is an adjective.

Words near instructorish in the dictionary

  1. instructor
  2. instructoress
  3. instructoresses
  4. instructorial
  5. instructories
  6. instructorish
  7. instructors
  8. instructorship
  9. instructorships
  10. instructory
  11. instructour

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