teacherly
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Narrator Luis Moreno delivers Daniel Immerwahr’s sprawling, fascinating book in a calm, teacherly voice.
From Washington Post ● May 21, 2019
Their to-and-fro banter, pitching from her teacherly curiosity to his drawling voice of experience, is one of the show’s great strengths.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 1, 2018
The film’s moral force comes from its open-ended exploration of how much teacherly ferocity is too much.
From Slate ● Oct. 9, 2014
It’s got so much going for it: mellowness, intensity, space, polyrhythm, slow grooves, deep funk, momentum — and teacherly lessons, in the English-language tracks “To Whom It May Concern” and “Which Way Africa?”
From New York Times ● Nov. 22, 2012
She gives him her teacherly Settle down, now face, but she’s holding back a smile.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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