contrapuntal
adjective
of or relating to counterpoint.
contrapuntally
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a word derived from
contrapuntal.
Example Sentences
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One reaches the tomb via narrow alleys that are contrapuntally chaotic.
From The New Yorker ● Aug. 11, 2019
The internet is a great way for fans to party contrapuntally.
From Economist ● Mar. 13, 2018
The opera begins madcap, with the servants’ exits and dizzying greetings of “enchanted” in complex ensembles nearly impossible to contrapuntally untangle.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2016
The Hollywood angle brings lightness and levity into the movie, serving as comic relief that Mr. Affleck uses contrapuntally with the increasingly tense, perilous situation in Tehran.
From New York Times ● Oct. 11, 2012
Then the melody of Beckmesser's grotesque is brought in and treated contrapuntally, with what theorists call free imitation in the accompaniment.
From Richard Wagner Composer of Operas by Runciman, John F.
