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motoric, a.|məˈtɔərɪk|
[f. motor n. and a. + -ic.]
a. Of, pertaining to, or characterized by muscular movement.
1930Program 47th Meeting Mod. Lang. Assoc. Amer. 12 An attempt to illustrate the present status of Schallanalyse in its visual, acoustic, and motoric approach. 1958New Scientist 14 Aug. 610/2 A simple motoric rhythm in which the animal repeatedly pulled the brush towards himself. 1971Nature 18 June 470/2 The reasons for favouring this method are not quite clear. Motoric convenience, for example, seems an inadequate explanation, in view of normal writing practice.
b. Of a piece of music or its performance: marked by much movement or energy.
1937Sat. Rev. Lit. (U.S.) 23 Jan. 6 Stravinsky's crisp sentences, often naked in their brevity, recall the ‘motoric’ rhythms of his Noces. 1942Ann. Reg. 1941 338 The Symphony..was an interesting..example of what the continental critics used to call ‘motoric music’. 1972Daily Tel. 4 May 14/3 Its determined progress was crisply outlined without excessively motoric playing. |