The Collaborative International Dictionary
Athletic \Ath`let"ic\, a. [L. athleticus, Gr. ?. See Athlete.]
Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.
Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts. ``Athletic soundness.''
--South. -- Ath*let"ic*al*ly, adv.
Wiktionary
adv. In an athletic manner.
Usage examples of "athletically".
Fattening, while Electra could eat anything she pleased and remain athletically slender.
They ran for a block, switched slidewalks athletically, and ran again, looking over their shoulders.
Waddell blew the whistle and they ran in random directions, not one of them particularly athletically inclined, but with lots of dig.
Just short of two meters tall, long, lean, and athletically trim, he had a classically cut face and shoulder length blonde hair he'd recently had modded to prevent graying.
Just short of two meters tall, long, lean, and athletically trim, he had a classically cut face and shoulder length blond hair he'd recently had modded to prevent graying.
Just short of two meters tall, long, lean, and athletically trim, he had a classically cut face and shoulder length blond hair he’d recently had modded to prevent graying.
He looked like a zombie out of a horror movie, but he walked swiftly and athletically, keeping pace with them on the opposite sidewalk.