as in poetical
having qualities suggestive of poetry
your description of the sun setting over the Grand Canyon was a particularly poetic piece of writing
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Recent Examples of poetic
This poetic gem is a journey from the weight of absence to the serenity of presence, thanks in no small part to the inquisitive, gifted woman pulled from obscurity: Sheila Turner-Seed, whose life was short but full and worth revitalizing.
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Emotions get so strong that the characters shift into new modes of expression like a visual form of poetic realism.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Readers will find sensual pleasure in his sumptuous writing about hunger, its passing, and what swells to fill that space; his tremendous poetic gifts capture that richness.
—Melissa Febos, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
From the way Frank Lloyd Wright married residential design with nature to the way Zaha Hadid paved the way for female architects worldwide, these visionaries have redefined what architecture can be: inclusive, political, poetic, pragmatic, and profoundly human.
—Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
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Robert Abele, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2025
Emotions get so strong that the characters shift into new modes of expression like a visual form of poetic realism.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2025
Readers will find sensual pleasure in his sumptuous writing about hunger, its passing, and what swells to fill that space; his tremendous poetic gifts capture that richness.
—Melissa Febos, The Atlantic, 9 June 2025
From the way Frank Lloyd Wright married residential design with nature to the way Zaha Hadid paved the way for female architects worldwide, these visionaries have redefined what architecture can be: inclusive, political, poetic, pragmatic, and profoundly human.
—Maya Chawla, Architectural Digest, 6 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetic
Adjective
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Through the map, like the ship, Pace argues, time, space, and place are linked to cultural, personal, poetical, and political memory.—
Abby Clayton,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Apr. 2025
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In addition, for this film, drinking heart blood had physical, poetical appeal.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
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Soth, who is based in Minneapolis, is best known for his large-format photography that blends documentary realism with lyrical storytelling.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Joel Alfonso Vargas brings raw authenticity and lyrical vision to a coming-of-age story that pulses with life and urgency.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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Filled with fierce lyric tenderness and clear-eyed commitment to revolutionary aesthetic, Terror Counter devoted to the redemption of the self from a world ready to usurp this resistance.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Apple also doubled down on games, added new features, including lyric translation to Apple Music, and introduced new options for its Vision Pro headset, among other things.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetic. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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