teacherly
- adjective
- /ˈtiːtʃərli/
- Narrator after narrator conveys a similar sense of teacherly variety.
- teacherly instincts
Examples
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After spending an evening as a guest instructor, I noted the usual teacherly frustrations in the faculty lounge when the classes were over.
Academic text (1992) -
"You know that's all they have in Indonesia," she said in a teacherly sort of way.
Fiction book (1993) -
With his old teacherly sobriety.
Fiction book (1997) -
I recognized generic teacherly sympathy.
Fiction book (1993) -
Later, she would wonder how her teacherly instincts could have failed to discern yet another impending disaster.
Fiction book (1997) -
On the other hand, these are our students, so sharing with them our (teacherly) expectations exerts a positive shaping influence on them.
Academic text (1998) -
And I think this pedagogic insistence, this teacherly impatience, this is something which is crucial for his research.
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I think I had expected his enthusiasm to be matched, even overshadowed, by hers, and his picture to be received with some version of the usual teacherly praise.
Academic text (1998) -
But the truth is, in their present condition, they are truly hungry; they truly reach out for and grapple with ideas, and they truly listen hard when faced with the kind of probing, comprehensive, humane, teacherly, and above all, authoritative mentoring that marks our best parents and educators.
Academic text (2000) -
The principal spoke in a teacherly tone to ensure that all the students understood the rules.
Synonyms
Relating to methods used to teach students
Having the calm, serious manner of a university teacher
About teaching and the ways teachers use to help students learn
Being strict and formal like a teacher in a classroom
How Teacher-Like
- Literature
- Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word teacherly comes from teacher 'one who teaches' plus the ending -ly which means 'having the qualities of'. The verb teach originally meant 'to show', so teacherly describes a clear, guiding style like a teacher.