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skaterly en · ADJ

Etymology

From skater + -ly.

Meanings

1. (rare) Of, or befitting, a skater.
   • If only he could stand on the ice for a moment or two he might manage to move cautiously forward in some reasonably skaterly manner. 1987, Iris Murdoch, The book and the brotherhood:
   • ...dipping in and out of a deep lunge, he abandoned a lot of skaterly control and really dropped the weight of his body and swung it up again loosely. 1985, Deborah Jowitt, The dance in mind: profiles and reviews 1976-83:
   • ...elegant, skaterly, bubble-chamber spirals of hair. 1986, Albert Goldbarth, Arts and sciences: poems:

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