The 'movement' was simultaneously emotional and motoric, and essentially autonomous (thus distinguishing it from passive jerkings and other pathology).
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Motoric
Synonyms for "motoric" (2 found)
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4 translations across 3 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- motories adj (relating to motor faculties)
Dutch
1 entries- motorisch adj (relating to motor faculties)
Finnish
2 entries- konemainen adj (in music)
- motorinen adj (relating to motor faculties)
Sample sentences
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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.
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