Teacherly
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Teacherly is an adjective meaning Of or relating to teachers.
Meaning
Of or relating to teachers.
More Meanings
- Suggestive of a teacher.
Example Sentences
Instead of establishing rapport, Dreiske distances us with her implicit condescension; her cool, measured, teacherly tone doesn't help matters, either.
Many of the lyrics were borrowed more or less intact from a 1986 grade-school textbook on Illinois history, and Greenfield delivers them in an earnest, teacherly tone enlivened by the occasional quippy aside or funny forced rhyme ("moratorium" / "Santorum").
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.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include teacherish, teachery, pedagogical, instructional, tutorly, tuitional.
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