rhythmically

[ rith-mik-lee ]
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adverb
  1. with uniform or patterned repetition, as of a beat or a particular movement or sound: One student always taps his pencil rhythmically as he studies, saying it helps him think.

  2. Music. in a way that relates to or emphasizes a regular pattern of strong and weak beats: This part of the piece is rhythmically and harmonically quite simple, with phrases of unsurprising length and uninterrupted flow.

  1. with measured or flowing movement, as in dancing: Tall reeds edging the road were waving rhythmically back and forth with the wind.

  2. Art, Literature. with or by means of the patterned repetition of a motif or formal element in the same or a modified form: In Cézanne’s Large Bathers, I like the patterned arrangement of rhythmically leaning trees and the figures gathered under their triangular canopy.

  3. Prosody. in a way that relates to or makes effective use of poetic meter: His poems are among the most vivid and rhythmically alluring in the English language.

  4. Theater, Movies. in a way that alternates between dialogue and description, shorter and longer scenes or sentences, etc., in order to create a measured or patterned effect of movement, tension, and emotion: The war correspondent’s story flows rhythmically and sensually from one conflict to another.

Origin of rhythmically

1
First recorded in 1680–90; rhythmical + -ly

Other words from rhythmically

  • hy·per·rhyth·mi·cal·ly, adverb
  • non·rhyth·mi·cal·ly, adverb
  • sem·i·rhyth·mi·cal·ly, adverb
  • un·rhyth·mi·cal·ly, adverb

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