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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 regularityplay

  Familiarity information: RHYTHMICAL used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


RHYTHMICAL (adjective)


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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