skaterly

English

Etymology

From skater +‎ -ly.

Adjective

skaterly (comparative more skaterly, superlative most skaterly)

1. (rare) Of, or befitting, a skater.
   • 1985, Deborah Jowitt, The dance in mind: profiles and reviews 1976-83:

     ...dipping in and out of a deep lunge, he abandoned a lot of skaterly control and really dropped the weight of his body and swung it up again loosely.

   • 1986, Albert Goldbarth, Arts and sciences: poems:

     ...elegant, skaterly, bubble-chamber spirals of hair.

   • 1987, Iris Murdoch, The book and the brotherhood:

     If only he could stand on the ice for a moment or two he might manage to move cautiously forward in some reasonably skaterly manner.