Rhythmic

//ˈɹɪð.mɪk// adj

adj ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of or relating to rhythm.

    "The Beshtian School, faithful to this concept of song, was characterized primarily by happy-sounding and rhythmic melodies."

  2. 2
    Characterized by rhythm.
  3. 3
    Written in verse, especially rhyming verse.
  4. 4
    With regular, repetitive motion or sound.
Adjective
  1. 1
    recurring with measured regularity wordnet

Synonyms

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rhythmicalalternateantispasticbeatingcadencedcadent

Example

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"Mary practices rhythmic gymnastics."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός (rhuthmikós), from ῥυθμός (rhuthmós, “measured flow or movement, symmetry, rhythm”) + -ικός (-ikós, suffix forming adjectives), equivalent to rhythm + -ic.

Related phrases

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