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metrical

/me-tri-kuhl/US // ˈmɛ trɪ kəl //UK // (ˈmɛtrɪkəl) //

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
    • : composed in meter or verse.
    • : pertaining to measurement.

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Examples

  • His version adheres as closely to the original as is compatible with elegance and the preservation of metrical grace.

  • We now come to the part of the poem which exhibits great metrical skill.

  • Hence the metrical difficulties are very great, and afford a convincing proof of Chaucer's skill.

  • Were any further confirmation needed for Massingers authorship, the metrical tests would supply it, with their 36 per cent.

  • It may surely be objected that of three places in which we may fairly suppose that we have the end of a metrical division, viz.