as in poetic
having qualities suggestive of poetry
love letters that were filled with poetical phrases
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Recent Examples of poetical
And Davies’ approach has always been more poetical than technical.
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
The Wingfield family’s repressions are bound to boil over, but they are lulled into stasis by Williams’ poetical eloquence.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
James Connolly once said that no revolutionary movement is complete without its poetical expression.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2023
Full of comic scenes, the novel was in marked contrast to the spare poetical prose of Ms. Pineda’s earlier novels.
—New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
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Robert Lloyd, Los Angeles Times, 22 Dec. 2023
The Wingfield family’s repressions are bound to boil over, but they are lulled into stasis by Williams’ poetical eloquence.
—David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Dec. 2023
James Connolly once said that no revolutionary movement is complete without its poetical expression.
—Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 21 Mar. 2023
Full of comic scenes, the novel was in marked contrast to the spare poetical prose of Ms. Pineda’s earlier novels.
—New York Times, 17 Aug. 2022
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetical
Adjective
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Indeed there’s a deeply poetic nature to Hamisky’s work and subject matter, and one that Johnson especially gravitated towards for this collection.—
Laura Neilson,
Vogue,
7 Feb. 2025
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And there’s a poetic logic to how the film is organized.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Feb. 2025
Adjective
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Unlike the final version released on his 2004 album Dear Heather, this handwritten page includes lyrics penned in Cohen's own hand in purple marker, offering a deeper look at his lyrical experimentation.—
Anders Fogh Rasmussen,
Newsweek,
5 Feb. 2025
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Her main goal is trying to maintain the emotion and lyrical style of the track more than creating a direct translation — and the artists are often encouraged to improv once in the studio.—
Sara Belcher,
People.com,
4 Feb. 2025
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Canadian anthem being, sung, cheered and lyric 'free' emphasized.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
2 Feb. 2025
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His son, Myles Aronowitz, who played a key role in finding the lyric pages, said the discovery came after years of searching through family archives.—
Ella Jeffries,
Smithsonian Magazine,
21 Jan. 2025
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“Poetical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetical. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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