poetically
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In her timely and thoughtful book “Hinterlands,” Hannah Lucinda Smith uses the term, somewhat poetically, to mean contested places on the margins of modern states—and critically, former empires—where international attention has traditionally been sparse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
"Martin has never been the most poetically complex of lyricists," added The Telegraph's Neil McCormick, but "does the world really need" songs that sound "like Instagram self-help slogans?"
From BBC ● Oct. 4, 2024
He’s a very unassuming and humble guy, but his voice is nothing short of poetically epic.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2024
Seconds later we watch Louis and Armand strolling by the Seine which Armand poetically describes as “contained and beautiful . . . a vein, winding through the heart of Paris.”
From Salon ● May 26, 2024
There it was: the delicately arched eyebrow, the waves of brown hair cascading poetically over that intelligent forehead....No doubt he was busy thinking up plot twists even now....
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
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