- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
More Definitions
- ALTERNATIVE HYPOTHESIS (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- BOGOMIL (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- TOOTHPASTE (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- SILKWORM MOTH (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- FRUIT COCKTAIL (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples
- RINGENT (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples