1 physically strong, fit and active:
an athletic figure / build * a tall, slim athletic girl
2 [onlybeforenoun] (BrE) connected with sports such as running, jumping and throwing (= athletics):
an athletic club / coach
athletically adverb
athleticism noun [U]:
She moved with great athleticism about the court.
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This is a English–English dictionary entry.
Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for athletic is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
Is athletic a noun, verb, or something else?
In this entry, athletic is tagged as adjective.
Does athletic appear elsewhere on Lughet?
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