MOTIVITY Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

motivity

noun

Definition of motivity

as in mobility

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Noun

That has led to more responsibility falling on the midfield to progress play forward at pace while maintaining the mobility to cover against transitions.

— Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
The demonstration also highlights the Lynx platform’s ability to maintain mobility in dusty, high-temperature environments.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026

Definition of mobility

Noun

However, that is not the case for specialty ambulatory settings, particularly procedural fields like orthopedics, namely laterality, precise description of special tests, range-of-motion findings, procedure details and clear return-visit plans.

— Pat Williams, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
Among the other cases Weiss highlighted in his latest application was one for an emergency motion to change custody based on a parent’s arrest for open carrying a firearm.

— Romy Ellenbogen Herald, Miami Herald, 14 Sep. 2026

Definition of motion

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Bedient, a reproductive endocrinologist at the Fertility Center of Las Vegas, had already ordered the usual battery of tests, including bloodwork, sperm count and motility tests and uterine anatomy exams.

— Sarah Elizabeth Richards, Scientific American, 10 Aug. 2026
These compounds have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects that help empty your stomach more quickly and maintain normal contractions that move food through the digestive tract (gastrointestinal motility).

— Anna Giorgi, Verywell Health, 15 July 2026

Definition of motility

Noun

As someone who loved the fluid locomotion and kinetic spectacle of Marvel’s Spider-Man, my expectations were high.

— Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 10 Sep. 2026
The results suggest that biological movement data could provide a practical way to build more adaptable robot locomotion systems, particularly for machines expected to operate across changing terrain or after mechanical damage.

— Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of locomotion

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The potential shifting of styles is no problem for Velasquez, who has danced under Cunningham and Binda and their successors Seiwert and Krutzkamp in her time in Sacramento.

— Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 5 Sep. 2026
In part, this shifting of possession is forced by Brighton, whose out-of-possession approach is much more aggressive.

— Jon Mackenzie, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of shifting

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There’s been little movement on the key Democratic demand, an ethics component governing the president and his family, according to two Democratic aides.

— Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2026
That headroom is not vast, which is why any January incomings likely require offsetting by movement outwards.

— Chris Waugh, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of movement

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