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Definition of Rhythmical
1. Adjective. Recurring with measured regularity. "Rhythmical prose"
Also: Regular
Similar to: Adonic, Cadenced, Cadent, Danceable, Jazzy, Lilting, Swinging, Swingy, Tripping, Measured, Metric, Metrical, Sapphic, Chantlike, Intoned, Singsong, Syncopated, Throbbing
Derivative terms: Rhythm, Rhythm, Rhythmicity, Rhythm
Antonyms: Unrhythmical
Definition of Rhythmical
1. Adjective. rhythmic ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rhythmical
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhythmical
Literary usage of Rhythmical
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Rhythmical Activity of the Vasoconstrictor Center.— Throughout life the
vasoconstrictor center is in tone the intensity of which varies with the intensity ..."
2. The Dynamics of Living Matter by Jacques Loeb (1906)
"I first applied this conception to a phenomenon which had hitherto been observed
only occasionally ; namely, rhythmical contraction of the muscles of the ..."
3. The Journal of English and Germanic Philology by Ill.) University of Illinois (Urbana (1919)
"THE Rhythmical LINE Reasoning about art can be said to turn on two ... Simple
observation of the fact that in primitive poetry the rhythmical line is all ..."
4. A Text-book of Physiology for Medical Students and Physicians by William Henry Howell (1911)
"Rhythmical Activity of the Vasoconstrictor Center.— Throughout life the
vasoconstrictor center is in tone the intensity of which varies with the intensity ..."
5. A History of Criticism and Literary Taste in Europe from the Earliest Texts by George Saintsbury (1908)
"It is succeeded by metrical and rhythmical directions, characterised by a good
deal of punning as above, but also by acuteness and knowledge. ..."
6. The Nature of Harmony and Metre by Moritz Hauptmann (1888)
"The third element of the unequal-timed positive rhythmical division, ... But the
rhythmical structure of this foot, as also the representation of it thereon ..."
7. Year Book by Carnegie Institution of Washington (1906)
"Then upon momentarily stimulating the disk, in any manner, it suddenly springs
into rapid, rhythmical pulsation so regular and sustained as to recall the ..."
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