as in poetical
having qualities suggestive of poetry
your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing
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Recent Examples of poetic
Children navigate a changing world, moving with Ono to New York City in 1952 and witnessing her early struggles through Tolin’s emotional, poetic narrative.
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Gercke is quite skilled at building characters and writing humorous and poetic dialogue.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
In the speech itself, however, Trump waxed almost poetic about the beauties of the tariff as a tool of national power.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
Senior Day was the 13th, a poetic opportunity for the group to celebrate their careers all on the court and finally healthy at the same time.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025
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Natasha Gural, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2025
Gercke is quite skilled at building characters and writing humorous and poetic dialogue.
—Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Mar. 2025
In the speech itself, however, Trump waxed almost poetic about the beauties of the tariff as a tool of national power.
—Susan B. Glasser, The New Yorker, 5 Mar. 2025
Senior Day was the 13th, a poetic opportunity for the group to celebrate their careers all on the court and finally healthy at the same time.
—Emily Adams, Hartford Courant, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetic
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In addition, for this film, drinking heart blood had physical, poetical appeal.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
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For armchair travelers and avid trip planners alike, Wine & Travel Italy evokes the spirit of Bel Paese (Beautiful Country), the popular poetical appellative for Italy.—
Laura Manske,
Forbes,
30 Oct. 2024
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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
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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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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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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetic. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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