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rhythmic [ rith -mik ] SHOW IPA
/ ˈrɪð mɪk / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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Origin of rhythmic 1595–1605; <Late Latin
rhythmicus <Greek
rhythmikós. See
rhythm ,
-ic
OTHER WORDS FROM rhythmic hy·per·rhyth·mic, adjective non·rhyth·mic, adjective sem·i·rhyth·mic, adjective un·rhyth·mic, adjective
Words nearby rhythmic rhyolite ,
Rhys ,
rhythm ,
rhythm and blues ,
rhythm band ,
rhythmic ,
rhythmical ,
rhythmic gymnastics ,
rhythmicity ,
rhythmics ,
rhythmist
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How to use rhythmic in a sentence Syllables were repeated and were rhythmic , both common features of babbling.
You know, there’s some weirdness in the rhythmic sense of it.
The film, with its rhythmic , conversational numbers, progresses as if it’s a household concert, with Shaun on piano, trumpet or guitar, and Abigail, in bruised and buoyant vocals, singing lead.
The rhythmic beating of footsteps on a treadmill was a noise offender—the sound could be detected on sonar from miles away—so we shut it off unless we were in friendly waters where we weren’t concerned with counter-detection.
Typically, the rhythmic accompaniment for dancers was anchored by two or more conga players, or congueros.
Swift is a rhythmic and melodic kleptomaniac, and I mean that as the highest of compliments.
I point out the phrase “more distinct separation,” and I suggest that the purpose of the semicolon is at least in part rhythmic .
A link of pitches perhaps, an a-rhythmic phrase that will lead to a strong subterranean pulsation.
His focus on the grim and the disturbing is beautiful, and becomes rhythmic , atmospheric, and addictive.
The soft cry from her quivering lips meets the rhythmic beat of our rattles: the battle cry of her living nightmare.
An approach to æsthetic pleasure is seen in the responses to rhythmic series of sounds.
Igelstrud took hold of the heart with his hand and made rhythmic pressure upon it.
The feet came on; slow, rhythmic , marching without zest or pause or break, perfection without snap.
They came with that ghastly mechanical rhythmic tread, eyes staring, backs burdened.
There is often a rhythmic alteration of intensity of symptoms that corresponds more or less to the physiological rhythm of life.
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British Dictionary definitions for rhythmic
adjective
of, relating to, or characterized by rhythm, as in movement or sound; metrical, periodic, or regularly recurring
Derived forms of rhythmic rhythmically , adverb rhythmicity (rɪðˈmɪsɪtɪ ), noun Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
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