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athletically

/æθˈlɛtɪkli/

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ath-LET-ik-lee: stress LET.

Move from the th of “thin” straight into l, without adding an extra uh between them. Practice ath-LET-ik-lee with a compact “ik-lee” ending.

4 syllables · Stress on syllable 2

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She moves athletically across the stage.

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CMU Pronouncing Dictionary

What does athletically mean?

adverb

  1. In an athletic manner.

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IPA pronunciation

/æθˈlɛtɪkli/

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They were, however, not only alive, but athletically so, being professional divers who earned an exceedingly uncomfortable living by dropping, feet first, from the highest point of the building into the water eighty feet below.
E. V. (Edward Verrall) LucasRoving East and Roving WestProject Gutenberg ebook #7237
Both arose when I entered: the man was tall, about fifty years of age, and athletically built; he was dressed in a white coat, corduroy breeches, shoes, and grey worsted stockings.
George BorrowWild Wales: Its People, Language and SceneryProject Gutenberg ebook #648