metrical
Americanadjective
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pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
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composed in meter or verse.
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pertaining to measurement.
adjective
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of or relating to measurement
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of or in poetic metre
Other Word Forms
- metrically adverb
- metricism noun
- metricity noun
- nonmetrical adjective
- nonmetrically adverb
- unmetrical adjective
- unmetrically adverb
Etymology
Origin of metrical
1375–1425; late Middle English < Late Latin metric ( us ) ( metric 2 ) + -al 1
Example Sentences
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The piano soloist works out asymmetrical accents from interlocking metrical units while also maintaining composure in scales and running 16th notes.
From New York Times
Verdi worked with inspired diligence to shape his musical lines to metrical rhythms subtly different from Italian.
From New York Times
Following the haiku are some poems in other metrical formats.
From Washington Post
“Literally, every single one of the 39 respective notes of ‘7 Rings’ is identical with the 39 notes of ‘I Got It’ from a metrical placement perspective,” claims the suit.
From Fox News
Here, in Globish—with plus signs indicating missing words that Terry apparently doesn’t want to guess at and vertical lines demarcating metrical units—are the trapper’s instructions to Shamhat for seducing Enkidu:
From The New Yorker
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