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
The emotionally frustrating one-act play at first feels cringeworthy due to cliche dialogue, but as the performance continues, the dialogue starts to feel more poetic.
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Alexis Letang, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
Lobo was indeed one half of the design duo Tome along with Ramon Martin, a label renowned for its poetic romanticism and its political engagement; the clothes were as exquisite as the activism was sincere.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
The numerous translations from its native Russian have kept its poetic prose and brilliant themes of individual freedom for a wide audience to enjoy and ponder.
—Robert English, EW.com, 30 July 2025
With a background in mechanical engineering, interaction design and media arts, her practice often involves poetic experiments that span disciplines, from wearable devices and performances to biotechnology and cosmic probes.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
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Alexis Letang, Twin Cities, 2 Aug. 2025
Lobo was indeed one half of the design duo Tome along with Ramon Martin, a label renowned for its poetic romanticism and its political engagement; the clothes were as exquisite as the activism was sincere.
—Mark Holgate, Vogue, 1 Aug. 2025
The numerous translations from its native Russian have kept its poetic prose and brilliant themes of individual freedom for a wide audience to enjoy and ponder.
—Robert English, EW.com, 30 July 2025
With a background in mechanical engineering, interaction design and media arts, her practice often involves poetic experiments that span disciplines, from wearable devices and performances to biotechnology and cosmic probes.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 26 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetic
Adjective
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Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.—
Peter A. Berry,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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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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Jeanette Winterson, The Passion Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this lyrical novel follows a French soldier who cooks for Napoleon and a Venetian woman who steals hearts—sometimes literally.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes.com,
11 Aug. 2025
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Despite the lyrical intensity, Offset is fine with the aftermath of it all.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Irrational violence and lyric visions erupt in lacerating, supremely elegant prose that’s also genuinely funny at times.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Starting with singer Michael Hutchence, all the band members held up and subsequently dropped lyric cards in sequence.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetic. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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