teacherly
Example Sentences
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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
Those teacherly moments may be this collection’s only flaw.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2020
With each experiment, Melvin Inojosa, 29, dressed in teacherly khakis and a bright blue collared golf shirt, bounded between lab tables, sinks, a whiteboard and his desk, exclaiming “Optics!”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 5, 2018
Mr. Batiste seems more teacherly, but they are both complicated machines of American musical history, and they won’t rest until they’ve won you.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2013
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
