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poetical
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po·et·i·cal  (p-t-kl)
adj.
1. Poetic.
2. Fancifully depicted or embellished; idealized.

po·eti·cal·ly adv.
po·eti·cal·ness, po·eti·cali·ty (-kl-t) n.
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Adj.1.poetical - of or relating to poetry; "poetic works"; "a poetic romance"
2.poetical - characteristic of or befitting poetry; "poetic diction"
rhetorical - given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought; "mere rhetorical frippery"
Translations
poetical [pəʊˈetɪkəl] ADJpoético


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Sometimes the number of simultaneously ratable features is astonishingly great - for example, comprehensibility, poeticality, appropriateness, beauty, formality, political tastefulness and precision (see e.
In "Exile's Letter," Pound found a language purged of the Decadent poeticality of chinoiserie, a modernist bareness: And if you ask how I regret that parting: It is like the flowers falling at Spring's end Confused, whirled in a tangle.
 
 
 
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