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motoric

motoric adjective: relating to the motor faculties.

Adjective

motoric (comparative more motoric, superlative most motoric)

  1. Relating to the motor faculties.
    • The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
  2. Based on repetition of a single note length.
    • In between were the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a contemporary chamber-music group, playing the part of their repertory — drum-driven, motoric, yet by no means primitive — closest to rock.2007 May 18, Jon Pareles, “A Tenderhearted Introvert, Crooning in Eclectic Company”, in New York Times

Forms of motoric

comparativemore motoric
superlativemost motoric

Origin of motoric

From motor + -ic.

Words formed from motoric

Questions about motoric

What does motoric mean?
Motoric means relating to the motor faculties.
What part of speech is motoric?
Motoric is an adjective.

Words near motoric in the dictionary

  1. motorhome
  2. motorhomes
  3. motorhood
  4. motorhoods
  5. motorial
  6. motoric
  7. motorical
  8. motorically
  9. motorics
  10. motorik
  11. motoring

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