motoric

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
13
Letters
7

Definition of motoric

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  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).”
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adj

  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).”
  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.”

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Etymology

From motor + -ic.

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