poetic
adjective Also po·et·i·cal.
noun
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Contemporary Examples of poetical
The paper was written on the topic, "Milton's Poetical Achievement."
Classical allusions, poetical turns of phrase, antique diction, recondite words.
No beauties, poetical or musical, have been passed down to us from any actual man called Orpheus.
His words were purposeful, almost business-like, with the tautest of poetical flourishes.
Historical Examples of poetical
His justice is all poetical justice, exactly what justice should be.
De ProfundisOscar Wilde
When I say for ever, I mean (though I am not poetical) through all our time.'
Little DorritCharles Dickens
But this, like many other literary associations, is a piece of poetical injustice.
Alarms and DiscursionsG. K. Chesterton
Your experience of the everyday language of the common people may be that it is not poetical.
A Dish Of OrtsGeorge MacDonald
That glow of enthusiasm for labor was chiefly moral, but it was poetical as well.
The American MindBliss Perry