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teacherly

teacherly adjective: of or relating to teachers.

Adjective

teacherly (comparative more teacherly, superlative most teacherly)

  1. Of or relating to teachers.
  2. Suggestive of a teacher.
    • Instead of establishing rapport, Dreiske distances us with her implicit condescension; her cool, measured, teacherly tone doesn't help matters, either.1988 November 18, Albert Williams, “Don't Call Me Cleo”, in Chicago Reader
    • While others take pains to reproduce Shawn's high, nervous stutter or his intense, anxious way of speaking, Shapiro--who looks nothing like Shawn--delivers this 90-minute piece in an easygoing, teacherly style that's the very antithesis of a New Yorker's hectic ways.1997 April 4, Jack Helbig, “The Fever”, in Chicago Reader

Forms of teacherly

comparativemore teacherly
superlativemost teacherly

Origin of teacherly

From teacher + -ly.

Words formed from teacherly

Questions about teacherly

What does teacherly mean?
Teacherly means of or relating to teachers.
What part of speech is teacherly?
Teacherly is an adjective.

Words near teacherly in the dictionary

  1. teacherhood
  2. teachering
  3. teacherish
  4. teacherless
  5. teacherlike
  6. teacherly
  7. teacherness
  8. teachers
  9. Teachers Village East
  10. Teachers Village West
  11. teachers' pets

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