athletic• He can play any sport, he's naturally athletic.• If you want me to play, I will, but I'm not very athletic.• That was because he was athletic.• She had always been defined by her athleticability, and without it she was lost.• He was clever, but disinclined to distinguish himself in study, athletic but lazy, honest but argumentative.• Years of dictatorship also meant that officials in athleticcircles had very little grasp on reality.• It is a time of much excitement for the athleticdepartment at Cal State Northridge.• the athletic department• The scenario of a soldier showing supremeathleticprowess in the name of his country was how de Coubertin imagined the Games.• He was a truechampion, a man among men, known for his kindness as well as athletic prowess.• her two athleticteenagedaughters