Motoric
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Motoric is an adjective meaning (biology) Relating to the motor faculties.
Meaning
(biology) Relating to the motor faculties.
More Meanings
- (music, of a rhythm) Based on repetition of a single note length.
Example Sentences
The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include motorical, motory, motor, motorlike, motive, kinetic.
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