as in rhythmic
marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound
a very cadenced voice, as one would expect of an instructor in a meditation class
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rhythmic
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That approach helps give the record its unusually loose rhythmic feel.—
Philip Sherburne,
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For Ginsberg, ever-attuned to the rhythmic physicality of verse, the central atom of poetry wasn’t the line or the foot, but rather the breath, emphasizing that his were longer than his free verse hero Whitman because the good, grey poet probably had smaller lungs.—
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3 June 2026
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“Cadenced.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/cadenced. Accessed 7 Jun. 2026.
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