Definition of dyslexic in English:
dyslexic
(also dyslectic)
adjective dɪsˈlɛksɪkdəsˈlɛksɪk
Relating to or affected by dyslexia.
dyslexic children perform well in oral tests
Example sentencesExamples
- Dyslexic adults, however, tend to continue to have difficulty with language skills throughout their lives.
- These days he'd be diagnosed as dyslexic but not in the early 1960s.
- I'm now teaching part-time at Kingston University, one-to-one tutorials with dyslexic students.
- And we actually do believe that the problem in the dyslexic brain begins with the formation of the cortex.
- He's severely dyslexic, barely reading at a second-grade level.
noun dɪsˈlɛksɪkdəsˈlɛksɪk
A person who has dyslexia.
dyslexics can have difficulty writing by hand
Example sentencesExamples
- These trends were based solely on measures used to classify dyslexics into subtypes (namely pseudo-word and irregular-word accuracy).
- Most of the studies involving developmental dyslexics have looked at individual cases.
- Wilkinson was an unrecognised dyslexic who spent most of his schooldays staring out of the window.
- While the St Oswald's unit caters for severe dyslexics, less severe cases are catered for in mainstream education at schools across the city.
- There was no significant socio-economic status difference between the 31 dyslexics and the 19 average readers.
Definition of dyslexic in US English:
dyslexic
(also dyslectic)
adjectivedəsˈleksikdəsˈlɛksɪk
Relating to or affected by dyslexia.
dyslexic children perform well in oral tests
Example sentencesExamples
- And we actually do believe that the problem in the dyslexic brain begins with the formation of the cortex.
- I'm now teaching part-time at Kingston University, one-to-one tutorials with dyslexic students.
- He's severely dyslexic, barely reading at a second-grade level.
- Dyslexic adults, however, tend to continue to have difficulty with language skills throughout their lives.
- These days he'd be diagnosed as dyslexic but not in the early 1960s.
noundəsˈleksikdəsˈlɛksɪk
A person who has dyslexia.
dyslexics can have difficulty writing by hand
Example sentencesExamples
- Wilkinson was an unrecognised dyslexic who spent most of his schooldays staring out of the window.
- There was no significant socio-economic status difference between the 31 dyslexics and the 19 average readers.
- Most of the studies involving developmental dyslexics have looked at individual cases.
- While the St Oswald's unit caters for severe dyslexics, less severe cases are catered for in mainstream education at schools across the city.
- These trends were based solely on measures used to classify dyslexics into subtypes (namely pseudo-word and irregular-word accuracy).