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RHYTHMICAL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does rhythmical mean?
• RHYTHMICAL (adjective)
The adjective RHYTHMICAL has 1 sense:
1. recurring with measured regularity
Familiarity information: RHYTHMICAL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Recurring with measured regularity
Synonyms:
rhythmic; rhythmical
Context example:
rhythmical prose
Similar:
Adonic (having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee)
cadenced; cadent (marked by a rhythmical cadence)
danceable (suitable for dancing)
jazzy (resembling jazz (especially in its rhythm))
lilting; swinging; swingy; tripping (characterized by a buoyant rhythm)
measured; metric; metrical (the rhythmic arrangement of syllables)
Sapphic (a meter used by Sappho and named after her)
chantlike; intoned; singsong (uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting)
syncopated (stressing a normally weak beat)
throbbing (pounding or beating strongly or violently)
Also:
regular (in accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle)
Antonym:
unrhythmical (not rhythmic; irregular in beat or accent)
Derivation:
rhythm (recurring at regular intervals)
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