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Meanings of acrobatic in English

Vigorously active.

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Bending and moving easily and gracefully; flexible.

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Examples for "athletic"
Examples for "athletic"
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Natural athletic ability often doesn't accept the straightjacket of a single pursuit.
The Irish Times
2
But there are good political reasons to take up an athletic endeavor.
NY Magazine
3
Make no mistake: I have absolutely no athletic ability to speak of.
The South African
4
In tough times, athletic administrators often drop sports programs to save money.
Chicago sun times
5
Muscle strength is thought to be a major factor in athletic success.
Pubmed
1
I found you downright gymnastic. But he read her, and grew serious.
Raging Heat
2
Real climbing requires strength and gymnastic talent, as well as technical mastery.
Climbing Magazine
3
At present the work is too largely of the formal gymnastic type.
What the Schools Teach and Might Teach
4
The gymnastic of study is suppling faculties which will be indispensable hereafter.
The Preacher and His Models / The Yale Lectures on Preaching 189...
5
The education which was assigned to the men was music and gymnastic.
The Republic
Usage of acrobatic in English
1
Redeemed himself with an almost identical acrobatic effort in the second half.
News.com.au
2
And not, I might add, doing anything unusually acrobatic at the time.
The bone palace
3
We manage to stay inside only by performing some extraordinary acrobatic contortions.
The forgotten soldier
4
They are fast and acrobatic and fight with a savage, flesh-tearing ferocity.
The new yorker
5
Orange red, pale blue, E flat minor, acrobatic, Ariel-like in its changes.
Little Miss By-The-Day
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In fact, he turned out to be only Howard, Florette's acrobatic partner.
O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921
7
Mother Africa combines spectacular acrobatic stunts with traditional African music and dance.
BBC
8
Pud's acrobatic performance had brought peals of laughter from Bob and Bill.
Bob Hunt in Canada
9
Suddenly it is quite clear how acrobatic, how dangerous everything is.
A Sport and a Pastime
10
Not to mention the acrobatic nature in which his goal was expertly taken.
The South African
11
Source: NZ Birds Listen to our magnificent and acrobatic forest parrot.
Radio NZ
12
The acrobatic swirls made by flocks of starlings have long puzzled bird experts.
The Irish Times
13
Miss Martin glum as she types the actionable acrobatic answers in room 604.
A singular man
14
He seemed to have inherited a sort of natural acrobatic tendency.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
15
Under that name, she has competed for years as an acrobatic rock'n'roll dancer.
Reuters
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Jumpers and acrobatic tumblers have been popular from the earliest time.
Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
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