Meaning | recurring with measured regularity. |
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Examples | - "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy
- "rhythmical prose"
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Synonym | rhythmical |
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Narrower | Adonic | Having a rhythm consisting of a dactyl followed by a spondee or a trochee |
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Sapphic | A meter used by Sappho and named after her |
cadenced, cadent | marked by a rhythmical cadence |
chantlike, intoned, singsong | Uttered in a monotonous cadence or rhythm as in chanting |
danceable | Suitable for dancing |
jazzy | resembling jazz / jazz (especially in its rhythm) |
lilting, swinging, swingy, tripping | Characterized by a buoyant rhythm |
measured, metrical, metric | The rhythmic arrangement of syllables |
syncopated | stressing a normally weak beat |
throbbing | pounding or beating strongly or violently |
See also | regular | In accordance with fixed order or procedure or principle |
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Opposite | unrhythmical, unrhythmic | not rhythmic |
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Spanish | rítmico |
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Catalan | rítmic |
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Nouns | rhythm | recurring at regular intervals |
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rhythm | an interval during which a recurring sequence of events occurs |
rhythmicity | the rhythmic property imparted by the accents and relative durations of notes in a piece of music |