Meanings
adjectivedancerly (comparative more dancerly, superlative most dancerly)
comparative more dancerly · superlative most dancerly
- danceProper to or characteristic of a dancer
Finally, Similar Orbits, choreographed by Lynn Brown and set to Talking Heads' "Listening Wind," was the most "dancerly" piece of the evening.
1988 July 22, Justin Hayford, “Dance and More for $1.98”, in Chicago Reader
Origin
- Englishdancer
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishdancerly
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APA
dancerly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dancerly
MLA
“dancerly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dancerly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dancerly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dancerly.
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