somatic -- Gretchen and Little Brother Matt

so·mat·ic  (s-mtk) adj. 1. Of, relating to, or affecting the body, especially as distinguished from a body part, the mind, or the environment; corporeal or physical. See Synonyms at bodily. 2. Of or relating to the wall of the body cavity, especially as distinguished from the head, limbs, or viscera. 3. Of or relating to the portion of the vertebrate nervous system that regulates voluntary movement. 4. Of or relating to a somatic cell or the somatoplasm. [French somatique, from Greek smatikos, from sma, smat-, body; see soma1.] so·mati·cal·ly adv.

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Gretchen has the somatic intelligence of all good dancers: she must have gotten that from her father, my Little Brother Matt.