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Meaning of RHYTHMIC

Pronunciation:  'ridhmik

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  recurring with measured regularity; "the rhythmic chiming of church bells"- John Galsworthy; "rhythmical prose"
 
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 Synonyms: beating, cadenced, cadent, chantlike, danceable, intoned, jazzy, lilting, measured, metric, metrical, periodic, pulsating, pulsing, rhythmical, singsong, swinging, swingy, syncopated, throbbing, tripping
 
 Antonyms: unrhythmic, unrhythmical
 
 See Also: regular

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Rhyth"mic\ (-m[i^]k), Rhythmical \Rhyth"mic*al\
(-m[i^]*kal), a. [Gr. ????: cf. L. rhythmicus, F.
rhythmique.]
Pertaining to, or of the nature of, rhythm
      Day and night I worked my rhythmic thought. --Mrs.
                                               Browning.
{Rhythmical accent}. (Mus.) See {Accent}, n., 6
(c) .
 

 

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