athletically
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3.7
- adverb
- /æθˈlɛtɪkli/
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atléticamente
- Would these results be reversed in parents whose children are younger and less athletically experienced?
- athletically gifted
Male, not very muscular, but athletically built with bushy eyebrows.
- Male, not very muscular, but athletically built with bushy eyebrows.
- So I was not athletically gifted.
- And with the obvious connections to how long can someone be at the top of their game athletically, just as an example.
- And he looked like an ultra runner, world champion in a number of different races, tall, lean, athletically built.
- If I were competing against those in my gym, there's always going to be people who are far, far, far more advanced, far superior athletically.
- It's like, yeah, I think I've managed to avoid a lot of injuries because I just never roll too athletically, explosively.
Examples
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Well into my college years, contact lenses continued to be useful to me socially and athletically.
Academic text (2007) -
Early pressure to succeed athletically, scholastically, or socially impedes a child's ability to perform.
Academic text (1993) -
And what did you do athletically in high school or college?
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You were great when you were nine, but girls reach their peak athletically about that age.
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It's a great way to connect to athletically focused students, and interesting as well.
Blog text (14) -
I feel better, I perform better athletically, I sleep better, my energy with my kids is better, my focus at work is better, everything is better.
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And I would like to be the single mother of an athletically gifted teen boy who I can help to reach his full Division One scholarship potential.
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Maryland might be OK for the Big Ten, but Rutgers, a second-tier school athletically at best, is absolutely not.
Blog text (32) -
Great sport figures are unifying; if not, at least they are athletically gifted entertainers and winners.
Blog text (8) -
After training hard for months, she finally completed the marathon athletically, impressing everyone with her speed.
Synonyms
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5.1
In a clever and skillful way like an acrobat
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4.8
Moves using a lot of strength
To move the body in a flexible, quick way that shows skill
How Athletic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word athletically comes from athlete, and that comes from an old Greek word athlos meaning 'contest' or 'prize'. So to do something athletically is to do it like someone in a contest, with strength, skill, and fitness.