rhythmical

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/ˈɹɪð.mɪ.kəl//ˈɹɪð.mɪ.kl̩/

adjective

rhythmic

Similar
rhythmicAdoniccadencedcadentdanceablejazzy
Opposite
unrhythmical
OriginProto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English rhythmic ← Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós) →
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Meanings

adjectiverhythmical (comparative more rhythmical, superlative most rhythmical)

comparative more rhythmical · superlative most rhythmical

  1. rhythmic

    Whereas the accentuated linearism, the angular stylization of the folds, the rhythmical course of the outlining and the solemn frontality conjoined with an air of regality in the pose seem to recall the formal repertory of the Corbolinus Master and his group […]

    1993, Miklós Boskovits, The Origins of Florentine Painting, 1100-1270, volume 1, page 33

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiverecurring with measured regularity

Similar
rhythmicAdoniccadencedcadentdanceablejazzy
Opposite
unrhythmical
Also see
adoniccadencedcadentchantlikedanceablejazzyliltingmeasuredmetricmetricalrhythmicsapphicsingsongswingingswingysyncopatedthrobbingtripping

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ser-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*srew-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sru-dʰ-mo-s
  4. Proto-Hellenic*hrutʰmós
  5. Ancient Greekῥῠθμός (rhŭthmós)
  6. Ancient Greekῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós)
  7. Englishrhythmic
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Englishrhythmical

From rhythmic + -al.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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