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motorical

motorical is the alternative form of motoric.

Meaning of motoric

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

Questions about motorical

What is motorical the alternative form of?
Motorical is the alternative form of motoric.

Words near motorical in the dictionary

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

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