Definitions
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- adjective of or relating to
teachers - adjective suggestive of a
teacher
Etymologies
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Examples
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There are times when a "teacherly" book -- that is a work of serious literary criticism -- is preferable to a polemic.
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:: i am going to invest in some more "teacherly" clothing. however, since it seems that i am losing weight unconsciously and ridiculously frugal, i will just visit the thrift store this weekend.
kameelahwrites 2008
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Really Robertson was undertaking a teacherly disquisition on the post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.
Matthew Yglesias » Did Haiti Form a Pact With the Devil? 2010
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“Okay, Red Riding Hoods,” said Michael K. in his most teacherly voice.
Spa©e headz Jon Scieszka 2010
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And so I found myself very annoyed, in a teacherly sort of way, that the issue of race, and the journey through a rapidly changing, fraught landscape should not be read for what it was, but should be misread as a failure to imaginatively foresee the ideology of the twenty-first century.
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“Now, back to the lesson,” Yvie would say, with teacherly strictness, when we got off the phone.
The Woman I Was Born to Be Susan Boyle 2010
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Just yesterday, I was praising our Lord for having the proper teacherly attitude toward the use of parables.
Parables do not save 2009
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Jesus seems to share my teacherly attitude when it comes to his parables.
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“OK, let me make a suggestion,” he said, raising his green eyes and taking in Lucinda in a teacherly way.
Running Out of Music 2007
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"Nothing," they agree, of course, though Marilyn follows up with teacherly inflection, saying, "At … this … point."
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