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rhythmically
[ rith-mik-lee ]
adverb
- with uniform or patterned repetition, as of a beat or a particular movement or sound:
One student always taps his pencil rhythmically as he studies, saying it helps him think.
- Music. in a way that relates to or emphasizes a regular pattern of strong and weak beats:
This part of the piece is rhythmically and harmonically quite simple, with phrases of unsurprising length and uninterrupted flow.
- with measured or flowing movement, as in dancing:
Tall reeds edging the road were waving rhythmically back and forth with the wind.
- Art, Literature. with or by means of the patterned repetition of a motif or formal element in the same or a modified form:
In Cézanne’s Large Bathers, I like the patterned arrangement of rhythmically leaning trees and the figures gathered under their triangular canopy.
- Prosody. in a way that relates to or makes effective use of poetic meter:
His poems are among the most vivid and rhythmically alluring in the English language.
- Theater, Movies. in a way that alternates between dialogue and description, shorter and longer scenes or sentences, etc., in order to create a measured or patterned effect of movement, tension, and emotion:
The war correspondent’s story flows rhythmically and sensually from one conflict to another.
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51Թ History and Origins
Origin of rhythmically1
Example Sentences
Razor sharp and rhythmically complex, it's both a poison pen letter to his detractors, and a love letter to Los Angeles' hip-hop culture.
There’s no dialogue, just Ani and Igor inside a car as snow falls outside and the automobile’s windshield wipers rhythmically break the silence.
Johnston then joined other rioters in rhythmically pushing against police in the tunnel, a collective effort that crushed an officer against a door frame, prosecutors said.
None were as memorable as Snoop’s outstanding reaction to the equestrian competition known as dressage, with its horses dancing rhythmically to music.
These feathery needles rhythmically dance back and forth on sweeping branches in gentle breezes.
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