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instructorish en · ADJ

Etymology

From instructor + -ish.

Meanings

1. (rare) Characteristic of an instructor; didactic.
   • “Your mind can only be on one thing when you're going flying,” he said in a very instructorish tone, “and that's not what's happening in Washington.” 2012, Michael Sloan, Cone of Silence:
   • Jefi Zell is a former ski instructor from Jackson Hole. In powder-8 competitions, he makes beautifully round ski-instructorish turns. On his own, he doesn't mind showing why he's one of the hottest extreme skiers at Jackson. 1994, Skiing, volume 46, number 7, page 53:
   • My Rabinovich energetically dragged on the English cigarette, once again straightened the broken earpiece of his eyeglasses with those instructorish two fingers, wiped his chin and, moving over to me in earnest, confidingly informed me […] 1996, Zinovy Zinik, One-Way Ticket: Stories, page 27:

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