metrical
adjective
pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
metrically
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a word derived from
metrical.
Example Sentences
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The cliche holds that the social media platforms administer social approval in metrically precise doses.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 23, 2019
Chopin designed an étude to teach pianists how to become metrically ambidextrous.
From New York Times ● Oct. 19, 2018
The songs have more harmonic complexity and aren’t as confined metrically as they usually are by his propulsive rhythm-guitar style.
From Slate ● May 18, 2017
These are serious, metrically intricate poems, but no less heartfelt for that.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 28, 2012
He has a metrically organised rhythmic structure, able to support the shape of the words of a poem, successfully allowing important stress syllables or rhymes to fall at the appropriate point in the music.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
