Motoric

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Relating to the motor faculties.

    "The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology)."

  2. 2
    Based on repetition of a single note length.

    "In between were the Bang on a Can All-Stars, a contemporary chamber-music group, playing the part of their repertory — drum-driven, motoric, yet by no means primitive — closest to rock."

Synonyms

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kinematickinematic

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"The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology)."

Etymology

From motor + -ic.

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