rhythmically
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4.1
- adverb
- /ˈrɪðmɪkli/
:
rítmicamente
- She swayed rhythmically to the music, feeling the energy of the dance floor.
- to the beat
- with two drumsticks
- speak rhythmically
So the only way to get it to sound correct rhythmically was to measure the tape with a with a ruler.
- So the only way to get it to sound correct rhythmically was to measure the tape with a with a ruler.
- I, I, I need, I need at least two more words to rhythmically make this work in his accent because it just doesn't scan.
- Where how you what you do rhythmically, how you have counterpoint going on.
- What then what are the notes and that that like rhythmically I've got something that going on then.
Examples
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Rapidly and rhythmically, we heard crunch, snap, crunch.
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The jingle of harness rings now joined the rhythmically snorting breath of the horses.
Fiction book (1992) -
Then he began to rub his hands rhythmically up and down her arms.
Fiction book (1994) -
Danny explained that he could count by tens, which he did rhythmically: "10, 20, 30, 40."
Academic text (2014) -
Several strangers about the room stand and move rhythmically to some inner beat.
Fiction book (1998) -
Virgil turns towards the music, BAPPING his hands rhythmically on the subway car wall.
Fiction book (1999) -
Halfway up the yard from the neighbors' pool, a sprinkler rhythmically patterns the yard.
Fiction book (1998) -
As he sang a fragment of "Old MacDonald," he rhythmically moved toy cows, horses, and so on.
Academic text (1999) -
The barge moved on, jointed oars swinging rhythmically in and out of the water.
Fiction book (1992) -
Tara crossed her legs and rhythmically slapped her sandal against the sole of her foot.
Fiction book (1997)
Synonyms
2
3.2
Moving in time with the beat or pattern of something
2
4.3
In a way that repeats at regular times
1
8.9
In a quick, light, repeated way like a small heartbeat
1
9.9
In a light, quick way that sounds like small steps or a heartbeat
In a steady, regular way like a clock or drumbeat
In a pleasant rising and falling way like a song
To hit something to make a strong sound or beat
How Rhythmic
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word rhythmically comes from the Greek root rhythm-, which means 'measured movement'. So, like the common word rhythm in music, rhythmically means doing something with a regular, repeated beat or motion.