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 account, SamServed, has posts that date back to November of last year, in which Smith waxes poetic about a Copenhagen restaurant called Kebabistan.
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
Allen Ginsberg on poetic honesty.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
Mercury in Pisces is intuitive, sensitive, and poetic.
—Annabel Gat, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
Our approaches can be critical, satirical, comical, dramatic, poetic, but will always be complex and complicated.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
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Li Goldstein, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 Feb. 2026
Allen Ginsberg on poetic honesty.
—Literary Hub, 27 Feb. 2026
Mercury in Pisces is intuitive, sensitive, and poetic.
—Annabel Gat, Vogue, 26 Feb. 2026
Our approaches can be critical, satirical, comical, dramatic, poetic, but will always be complex and complicated.
—Guy Lodge, Variety, 21 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetic
Adjective
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There are ones who are more ideological, others more poetical.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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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
Adjective
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Julia Pearson, director of Danceology’s adaptive dance program, said her studio offers many dance classes including lyrical, jazz and ballet.—
Amy Stark Shireman,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
9 Mar. 2026
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The lyrical themes hinted at in the phone line — loneliness, desire, longing — may also draw from changes in Musgraves’ personal life.—
Ryan Brennan,
Miami Herald,
6 Mar. 2026
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Besides 8mm home movies and videos, there are glimpses of professional photographer Linda’s extraordinary portraits of famous musicians, and Paul’s diaries and handwritten lyric sheets.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
25 Feb. 2026
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The 2½-hour ceremony opened with a whimsical tribute to Italian lyric opera, with the stage director rousing not only the closing ceremony cast, including Achille Lauro, but also long-dormant opera characters tucked away in crates within the amphitheater's tunnels.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Poetic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetic. Accessed 11 Mar. 2026.
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