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rhythmic

UK/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/US/ˈɹɪð.mɪk/
adjectiveB2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #8,264 of 15,258leans written

Rhythmic means having a regular repeated beat. Waves on shingle, a train over rail joints.

Music owns the word first, but it suits anything that repeats evenly — rhythmic breathing, the rhythmic clack of knitting needles, rhythmic applause. Sport has rhythmic gymnastics, performed with ribbons and hoops to music. The noun is rhythm, one of the few English words with no proper vowel in the middle and a reliable trap in spelling tests. Rhythmical is an equally correct if slightly older variant.

Definitions of rhythmic

  1. 1adjectiverhythmicHaving a strong, regular repeated beat.B2+

    “The rhythmic thud of the pump kept him awake.”

Where it comes from

  1. Ancient Greek

    ῥυθμικός

  2. English, today

    rhythmic

From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός, from und + ῥῠθμός. From Ancient Greek ῥυθμικός, from ῥυθμός + ικός, equivalent to rhythm + -ic.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove, Sounds & Noises

First appears in chapter 24 of A Man Called Ove.

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rhythmic in the wild

  • In some performing arts, such as hip-hop, the rhythmic delivery of the lyrics is one of the most important elements of the style.

    Rhythm

  • At the international level, rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only sport.

    Rhythmic gymnastics

  • KIBT is a rhythmic contemporary formatted radio station serving the Colorado Springs area as well as nearby Pueblo, Colorado.

    KIBT

  • WBTT is an urban-leaning rhythmic contemporary radio station licensed to Naples Park, Florida, and serving the Cape Coral-Fort Myers metropolitan area.

    WBTT

  • The chart tracks and measures the airplay of songs played on US rhythmic radio stations, whose playlist includes mostly hit-driven R&B/hip-hop, rhythmic pop, and some dance tracks.

    Rhythmic Airplay

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From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

Related words

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