as in poetic
having qualities suggestive of poetry
love letters that were filled with poetical phrases
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Recent Examples of poetical
After all these years, your name still lights a flame in the poetical mind — to set those two syllables to rhyme, to music, to anything!
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Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
And Davies’ approach has always been more poetical than technical.
—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
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Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
And Davies’ approach has always been more poetical than technical.
—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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetical
Adjective
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Outside of his poetic lyrics about the human condition, Springsteen — a 20-time Grammy-winner — has been a man of few words.—
Matthew Carey,
Deadline,
25 Apr. 2025
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These poetic yet perplexing directions are a hallmark of heirloom recipes, passed down in an era when cooking was more about intuition than exact measurements.—
Alexandra Emanuelli,
Southern Living,
24 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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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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“Poetical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetical. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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