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
There’s also a celestial display inspired by a NASA image, adding a poetic dimension while underscoring the complication’s refinement.
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
But for some, the fleeting failure has a poetic quality.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
Never was there a BFF love like Leslie's (Amy Poehler) for Ann (Rashida Jones), poetic and noble land-mermaid.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The collection of 10 looks, which launches tomorrow, is a poetic exercise in reanimation, featuring relics by the likes of Jeanne Lanvin, Madame Grès, and Jean Patou.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 19 Mar. 2025
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Anthony Demarco, Forbes.com, 1 Apr. 2025
But for some, the fleeting failure has a poetic quality.
—Elizabeth Weise, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
Never was there a BFF love like Leslie's (Amy Poehler) for Ann (Rashida Jones), poetic and noble land-mermaid.
—Kevin Jacobsen, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
The collection of 10 looks, which launches tomorrow, is a poetic exercise in reanimation, featuring relics by the likes of Jeanne Lanvin, Madame Grès, and Jean Patou.
—Laura Regensdorf, Vogue, 19 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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In addition, for this film, drinking heart blood had physical, poetical appeal.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
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Poetry remains an exciting place where lyrical wordsmiths turn truth into art.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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La Strada marks Fellini’s transition from neorealism to a more lyrical style.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
18 Apr. 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 23 Apr. 2025.
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