recitativelike

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a recitative.

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Meanings

adjectiverecitativelike (comparative more recitativelike, superlative most recitativelike)

comparative more recitativelike · superlative most recitativelike

  1. Resembling or characteristic of a recitative.

    There is recitativelike declamation, lingering melodiousness and rushes of busy passagework.

    2007 May 14, Bernard Holland, “A Performance Operatic in Its Scope (Opera Not Included)”, in New York Times

Origin

From recitative + -like.

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APA

recitativelike. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recitativelike

MLA

“recitativelike.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recitativelike. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “recitativelike,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/recitativelike.

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