Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a rhythmical manner; with regularly recurrent accents of varying emphasis.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adverb In a rhythmical manner.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adverb in a rhythmical manner
  • adverb with reference to rhythm

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb in a rhythmic manner

Etymologies

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rhythmical +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • He seemed to nail the second song rhythmically, which is where the key challenge was.

    Archive 2005-09-01 Kat 2005

  • He seemed to nail the second song rhythmically, which is where the key challenge was.

    Better late than never - the final four. Kat 2005

  • “Hop” is cleaved from “hip-hop,” which is to say rhythmically inventive pop music made from spare parts two turntables and a microphone.

    Disquiet » David Byrne’s Field Guide to Blip Hop 2002

  • Another minute and he was swinging his own sword rhythmically, jabbing and slashing and cutting at anything that showed itself above the clean gray stone.

    Icerigger Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 1974

  • A fine melding of contemporary jazz and digital performance/production, bringing the kind of rhythmically challenging melodies we expect from Ornette Coleman together with the noir-influenced electronics of Cinematic Orchestra.

    Disquiet » Best CDs of 2004 2004

  • "rhythmically," even when I'm thinking about something other than music.

    Dangerous Intersection Erich Vieth 2010

  • I go up and down, learning to move rhythmically, a hop-step-kick with a simultaneous swing of the ax, then another.

    Into the Heart of the Ice Bill Streever 2011

  • He meditates, practicing kundalini and hatha yoga hours each day when off watch, mentally and rhythmically repeating his mantra until his mind empties of all superfluous thoughts while maintaining hyper-mental alertness.

    Barry Toll 2010

  • At midnight, flutes and drums, a traditional dance, her body moving rhythmically in sync with mine, the goddess of love in a blue velvet dress, no bra, pink panties: all phenomenon from the beginning to the end of time radiated outward from our union.

    Three Times Fifty Five J. Mykell Collinz 2010

  • Lisanne Aerts I go up and down, learning to move rhythmically, a hop-step-kick with a simultaneous swing of the ax, then another.

    Taking on a Glacier 2011

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