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Definition of Rhythmic
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 Rhythmic
1. a. Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm
Definition of Rhythmic
1. Adjective. Of or relating to rhythm. ¹
2. Adjective. Characterized by rhythm. ¹
3. Adjective. Written in verse, especially rhyming verse. ¹
4. Adjective. With regular, repetitive motion or sound. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rhythmic
1. the science of rhythm [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rhythmic
Literary usage of Rhythmic
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1917)
"It is not surprising, therefore, that consciousness is rhythmic. ... Consciousness
even makes rhythmic what is objectively without rhythm, ..."
2. First Theory Book by Angela Diller (1921)
"PART ONE CHAPTER ONE rhythmic Design Rhythm is the motion of music. Meter expresses
the way in which this motion is measured. The simplest meter consists of ..."
3. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1903)
"THE rhythmic INSTINCT The universal tendency to rhythm in action may be ...
In man, all bodily processes are rhythmic, and all repeated movement tends to ..."
4. Fundamentals of Child Study: A Discussion of Instincts and Other Factors in by Edwin Asbury Kirkpatrick (1907)
"THE rhythmic INSTINCT The universal tendency to rhythm in action may b& considered
under the ... In man, all bodily processes are rhythmic, and all repeated ..."
5. First Theory Book by Angela Diller (1921)
"PART ONE CHAPTER ONE rhythmic Design Rhythm is the motion of music. Meter expresses
the way in which this motion is measured. The simplest meter consists of ..."
6. Principles of General Physiology by William Maddock Bayliss (1920)
"rhythmic CONTRACTION Many organs consisting of smooth muscle, and some with
cross-striated muscle, such as the heart, exhibit, even when isolated from the ..."
7. Vocal and Literary Interpretation of the Bible by Samuel Silas Curry (1903)
"rhythmic MODULATIONS OF VOICE WHAT effect do these primary actions of the mind
... Expression also becomes rhythmic in correspondence with the rhythmic life ..."
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