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metrical
adjective
(met-ri-cal)
the rhythmic arrangement of syllables
Synonyms:
measured
,
metric
,
metrical
adjective
(met-ri-cal)
based on the meter as a standard of measurement
Synonyms:
metric
,
Examples:
Metrical equivalents.
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metrical
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rhythmic
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rhythmical
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measured
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metric
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versified
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prosodic
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unrhymed
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syllabic
,
poetic
,
contrapuntal
,
microtonal
,
fugal
,
songlike
,
chordal
,
idiomatic
,
polytonal
,
chromatic
,
mozartian
,
diatonic
,
declamatory
,
incantatory
,
pointillistic
,
immetrical
,
aphoristic
,
compositional
,
imagistic
,
pianistic
,
plainchant
,
improvisatory
,
harmonic
,
lyrical
,
bardic
,
hieratic
,
beethovenian
,
cadenced
,
plainsong
,
melismatic
,
homophonic
,
mozartean
,
notated
,
antiphonal
,
syncopated
,
echoic
,
songful
,
latinate
,
ludic
,
phonic
,
gestural
,
tonal
,
phonemic
,
discursive
,
diagrammatic
,
pellucid
,
orthographic
,
atonal
,
virtuosic
,
denotative
,
aleatoric
,
mellifluous
,
reiterative
,
nabokovian
,
digressive
,
essayistic
,
pentatonic
,
florid
,
sinuous
,
responsorial
,
stylistic
,
cretic
,
percussive
,
uninflected
,
aleatory
,
strophic
,
ideational
,
pianissimo
,
trigonometric
,
triadic
,
wavelike
,
unmelodic
,
apollonian
,
expressional
,
handelian
,
decrescendo
,
synchronic
,
dialogic
,
canonic
,
classical
,
polysyllabic
,
poetic rhythm
,
semiotic
,
phrasal
,
nonliteral
,
duple
,
epigrammatic
,
pictographic
,
perspicuous
,
poetical
,
prosimetrical
,
prolix
,
jamesian
,
metrical
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