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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Ray Davies’ band was a poetic paradox and thus far more interesting theatrically than all of ’em.—
Chris Jones,
Chicago Tribune,
30 Mar. 2025
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That came close to being a poetic point, but on the other hand…no.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
28 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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District 13 Commissioner René Garcia initially opposed the proposal due to lyrical content, but ended up changing her mind.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
25 Mar. 2025
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While Redman and Method Man may not be kicking it, the former believes their lyrical chemistry is still there.—
Armon Sadler,
VIBE.com,
25 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Moreover, the combination of the specific chord progression in the melody paired with the verbatim hook was a greater than 50% clone of Vance’s original work, in both lyric choice and chord expressions.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Doja Rat stated that Strange claimed to have over 300 songs and handwritten lyric sheets.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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“Poetical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetical. Accessed 9 Apr. 2025.
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