Unballetic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not balletic.

    "The dancers express giddy playfulness in terms of exaggeration: overarticulated beats of the feet, flamboyantly oversized port de bras, and patently unballetic shimmies of the shoulder."

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"The dancers express giddy playfulness in terms of exaggeration: overarticulated beats of the feet, flamboyantly oversized port de bras, and patently unballetic shimmies of the shoulder."

Etymology

From un- + balletic.

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