metrical
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Synonyms
cadenced, cadent, measured, rhythmic (or rhythmical)
Antonyms
arrhythmic, nonmetrical, unmeasured, unrhythmic
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Elegies were originally poems of sorrow for the dead, written according to very strict metrical rules. — Melissa Mohr, The Christian Science Monitor, "From one word lover to another," 2 Apr. 2018 Robert Bly encouraged him to jettison iambic meters, though Wright never entirely abandoned metrical verse. — David Yezzi, WSJ, "Review: ‘James Wright’ Was a Poet of the Pure Clear Word," 13 Oct. 2017 Prog metal is so 860, and Fates Warning has been bashing out riffs, messing with your sense of dynamics and metrical time feel for 35 years now. — John Adamian, courant.com, "Metal's Fates Warning At Webster Theater," 21 June 2017 His diction, focus and tone are those of a caustically gifted word man; his metrical dexterity is everywhere apparent. — Dwight Garner, New York Times, "Bob Dylan the Writer: An Authentic American Voice," 13 Oct. 2016 Beethoven’s startling metrical switches in the Scherzo flew by without startling. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, "A spiritually yearning Beethoven Ninth in Pasadena," 30 Apr. 2017These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'metrical.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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