rhythmical

Examples

• All

• These spaces, these rhythmical spaces, would contain all the possible rhythms of all possible languages.

  Harvard University

• Nonsense verse is "light, often rhythmical, and usually for children... depicting peculiar characters in amusing and fantastical situations."

  Blog text (7)

• A tennis match is very rhythmical in nature.

  Academic text (2010)

• Reading rhythmical language in the primary grades is not new.

  Academic text (2013)

• Be grateful for the harmonious rhythmical movement of your breath.

• Her language is exact, supple, and rhythmical as it moves with swooping assurance from dialogue to commentary to description.

  Academic text (2000)

• As she continued walking, she became conscious of footfalls behind her, shuffling steps accompanied by a rhythmical pounding.

  Fiction book (2001)

• After a while, she emits long rhythmical snores, blissfully unaware that Rocky is driving faster and faster down the two-lane road.

  Fiction book (1996)

• Cacophonous chords and the rhythmical pounding of chairs in unison forecast Fuente Ovejuna's imminent awakening to collective resistance.

  Academic text (1997)

• As she lay on her back, she tried to calm her heart through deep, rhythmical breathing.

Synonyms

R

rhythmic

vsrhythmical

42 3.6

Having a regular pattern of sounds or movements

is the same sense but expressed as recurring regular timing

M

metronomic

vsrhythmical

1 7.2

Has a steady, regular rhythm like a clock

is about repeated timing and may allow some variation

M

metrical

vsrhythmical

• Literature

1 6.7

Having a regular rhythm of syllables in poetry or music

is broader and applies to repeated timing outside poetry

M

metered

vsrhythmical

• Literature

1 4.7

Having a regular pattern of strong and weak beats in each line of a poem

covers general repeated timing not limited to poetry

C

cadent

vsrhythmical

9.9

Shows a clear, regular rhythm in movement or sound

focuses on repeated regular timing rather than flowing movement

C

cadenced

vsrhythmical

6.7

Having a regular, rhythmic beat like steady footsteps or chants

highlights repeated regular timing rather than marked flow

M

measured

vsrhythmical

• Specialized

4.8

Music with a regular steady beat like a march

applies more broadly to repeated patterns beyond music

P

pulsative

vsrhythmical

8.2

Having a regular beat like a heart

stresses repeated timing rather than strong pulse emphasis

P

pulsatory

vsrhythmical

8.6

Showing a regular beating movement like a heartbeat

is the broader idea of repeated timing beyond pulsing

Antonyms

U

unrhythmical

7.4

Having no steady beat or regular pattern

How Rhythmic

rhythmical

1 3.9

regular

870 1.0

steady

304 2.0

uneven

42 2.3

arrhythmic

2 8.2

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology