rhythmic

[ rith -mik ]

/ ˈrɪð mɪk /

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adjective

cadenced; rhythmical.

noun

rhythmics.

Origin of rhythmic

1595–1605; < Late Latin rhythmicus < Greek rhythmikós. See rhythm, -ic

OTHER WORDS FROM rhythmic

hy·per·rhyth·mic, adjective non·rhyth·mic, adjective sem·i·rhyth·mic, adjective un·rhyth·mic, adjective

Words nearby rhythmic

rhythm band, rhythm method, rhythm section, rhythm stick, rhythm-and-blues, rhythmic, rhythmic gymnastics, rhythmical, rhythmicity, rhythmics, rhythmist

Example sentences from the Web for rhythmic

Swift is a rhythmic and melodic kleptomaniac, and I mean that as the highest of compliments.

Taylor Swift’s ‘1989’: Country’s Prodigal Daughter Creates the Best Pop Album of the Year |Marlow Stern |October 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The soft cry from her quivering lips meets the rhythmic beat of our rattles: the battle cry of her living nightmare.

Hallucinating Away a Heroin Addiction |Abby Haglage |May 4, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
“We were about exploration, adventure—harmonic and rhythmic and melodic and more,” Weir says.

Bob Weir on Drugged-Out Deadheads and Living in Jerry Garcia’s Shadow |Emily Shire |April 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
There were as many muffled and twangy notes as solidly struck strings, casual and rhythmic and one with the voice.

Fact Vs. Fiction in ‘Inside Llewyn Davis’: The Real Story of Folk is Far Less Dejected Than the Movie |Jimmy So |December 4, 2013 |DAILY BEAST

Fosse uses poetic dialogue, with rhythmic repetitions and silences, to dramatize life and loneliness.

Nobel Literature Prize Favorites for Dummies, According to the Bookies |Jimmy So |October 9, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
They are full of splendid fire, vitality and passion, and their rhythmic throb is simply irresistible.

How to Appreciate Music |Gustav Kobb
Caleb raised his hand in warning, and the rhythmic movement ceased.

Caleb West, Master Diver |F. Hopkinson Smith
In this poem we have rhythmic flow, passion, and two qualities rarely found in Lamartine's productions—vigour and conciseness.

Main Currents in Nineteenth Century Literature, Vol. III (of 6) The Reaction in France |Georg Brandes
Then a soft, rhythmic sound like a giant breathing in his sleep caught the old hunter's keen ear.

The Power and the Glory |Grace MacGowan Cooke
The upraised stick descended in a series of rhythmic blows, sending into the air a cloud of dust.

Walter and the Wireless |Sara Ware Bassett

British Dictionary definitions for rhythmic

rhythmic

rhythmical (ˈrɪðmɪkəl)

/ (ˈrɪðmɪk) /

adjective

of, relating to, or characterized by rhythm, as in movement or sound; metrical, periodic, or regularly recurring

Derived forms of rhythmic

rhythmically, adverb rhythmicity (rɪðˈmɪsɪtɪ), noun

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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rhythmic

adjective

noun

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British Dictionary definitions for rhythmic

rhythmical (ˈrɪðmɪkəl)

adjective

Derived forms of rhythmic

BROWSE DICTIONARY

Learning

rhythmic

adjective

noun

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rhythmical (ˈrɪðmɪkəl)

adjective

Derived forms of rhythmic

British Dictionary definitions for rhythmic