rhythmic
of or relating to rhythm; showing a pattern of repeated sound or movement: I could tell by his slow, rhythmic breathing that he had fallen asleep.
Music. relating to or emphasizing a regular pattern of strong and weak beats: A strong, rhythmic violin accompaniment adds to the energy of the powerful solo voice.
characterized by measured or flowing movement, as in dancing: Her long-form figure skating routine showcased a graceful, rhythmic body motion, like the rolling waves of the sea.
relating to a person’s ability to recognize and produce a beat or pattern of measured movement, as in music or dance: He has a strong rhythmic sense, as shown by his complicated drum work on this album.
Art, Literature. using or showing the patterned repetition of a motif or formal element in the same or a modified form: Ancient storytelling used memory aids such as rhythmic parallel structures and closely related key words.
Prosody. relating to or making effective use of poetic meter: The quirky and humorous poems in this collection are a mixture of free and rhythmic lines.
Theater, Movies. having a measured or patterned effect of movement, tension, and emotion, as created by an alternation between dialogue and description, shorter and longer scenes or sentences, etc.: With a masterful knack for rhythmic scene pacing, she explores a series of topics in this trio of short films about growing up.
Origin of rhythmic
1Other words from rhythmic
- rhyth·mi·cal·ly, adverb
- hy·per·rhyth·mic, adjective
- non·rhyth·mic, adjective
- sem·i·rhyth·mic, adjective
- un·rhyth·mic, adjective
Words Nearby rhythmic
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How to use rhythmic in a sentence
Syllables were repeated and were rhythmic, both common features of babbling.
These baby greater sac-winged bats babble to learn their mating songs | Jonathan Lambert | August 19, 2021 | Science NewsYou know, there’s some weirdness in the rhythmic sense of it.
The film, with its rhythmic, conversational numbers, progresses as if it’s a household concert, with Shaun on piano, trumpet or guitar, and Abigail, in bruised and buoyant vocals, singing lead.
Give this folk rock duo 27 minutes. They’ll give you a musically heartbreaking world. | Peter Marks | March 18, 2021 | Washington PostThe rhythmic beating of footsteps on a treadmill was a noise offender—the sound could be detected on sonar from miles away—so we shut it off unless we were in friendly waters where we weren’t concerned with counter-detection.
How a Nuclear Submarine Officer Learned to Live in Tight Quarters - Issue 94: Evolving | Steve Weiner | December 30, 2020 | NautilusTypically, the rhythmic accompaniment for dancers was anchored by two or more conga players, or congueros.
Candido Camero, ‘father of modern conga drumming,’ dies at 99 | Matt Schudel | November 12, 2020 | Washington Post
Swift is a rhythmic and melodic kleptomaniac, and I mean that as the highest of compliments.
Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’: Country’s Prodigal Daughter Creates the Best Pop Album of the Year | Marlow Stern | October 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTI point out the phrase “more distinct separation,” and I suggest that the purpose of the semicolon is at least in part rhythmic.
A link of pitches perhaps, an a-rhythmic phrase that will lead to a strong subterranean pulsation.
His focus on the grim and the disturbing is beautiful, and becomes rhythmic, atmospheric, and addictive.
Teju Cole’s Keen Eye Spares No One—Himself Included | Benjamin Lytal | July 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe soft cry from her quivering lips meets the rhythmic beat of our rattles: the battle cry of her living nightmare.
An approach to æsthetic pleasure is seen in the responses to rhythmic series of sounds.
Children's Ways | James SullyIgelstrud took hold of the heart with his hand and made rhythmic pressure upon it.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin MalleyThe feet came on; slow, rhythmic, marching without zest or pause or break, perfection without snap.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellThey came with that ghastly mechanical rhythmic tread, eyes staring, backs burdened.
Valley of the Croen | Lee TarbellThere is often a rhythmic alteration of intensity of symptoms that corresponds more or less to the physiological rhythm of life.
Essays In Pastoral Medicine | Austin Malley
British Dictionary definitions for rhythmic
rhythmical (ˈrɪðmɪkəl)
/ (ˈrɪðmɪk) /
of, relating to, or characterized by rhythm, as in movement or sound; metrical, periodic, or regularly recurring
Derived forms of rhythmic
- rhythmically, adverb
- rhythmicity (rɪðˈmɪsɪtɪ), noun
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