teacherly

Example Sentences

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“Quinta Brunson’s character on ‘Abbott Elementary’ looks young, but she has a teacherly presence,” Deadwyler said, clutching her knees to her chest.

From New York Times • Oct. 24, 2022

But where Hofstadter is playfully enigmatic and brashly brainy, Chalmers’s writing is perspicuous and teacherly — an approach that keeps it from collapsing into recalcitrant obscurity.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Rampling’s voice is an incredible weapon – by turns curious, seductive, bored, teacherly, withering and compassionate.

From The Guardian • Mar. 27, 2021

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

So now I’m blushing and trying to bullshit my way through it, and judging by her twisty, teacherly frown, I don’t think it’s going very well.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli