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poetically en · ADV

Pronunciation

• /pəʊˈɛtɪkəli/
• (Southern-England) audio
• /pəʊˈɛtɪkli/

Etymology

From Middle English poetikly, poetycally, poyetikly; equivalent to poetical + -ly or poetic + -ally.

Meanings

1. In a poetic manner.
   • I want to cry for a life unlived, floating beautifully, poetically, all these years just out of reach. 1983, Ken Norris, Whirlwinds, section 27:
   • The bungled phrase, the slipshod paragraph, the inept metaphor, the irrelevant excursion, the disproportionate development, the feeble conclusion, are indeed all failures of meaning, and the more poetically ambitious the verbal structure in which they occur, the deeper and more substantive the failure may be. 1954, W. K. Wimsatt, The Verbal Icon, University Press of Kentucky, page xiii:
   • I found out from his mate that he was a Longfellow fan, and the fireman complained bitterly that, not being poetically inclined himself, he often wished that Alfred would put a sock in it." 1943 September and October, T. Lovatt Williams, “Some Reminiscences of the Footplate—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 271:
   • It was poetically fitting. For almost a year, Mr. Trump has been the 800-pound gorilla whose unpredictable rampages have obsessed the news media. Now he was completing the circle by commenting on the 400-pound gorilla who briefly stole the spotlight from him for one holiday weekend. 2016 May 31, James Poniewozik, “Trump, 800-Pound Media Gorilla, Pounds His Chest at Reporters”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Mar 2022:
   • One who had caught a glimpse of the shining yet solemn eyes of the youth, as he walked home, would wonder no longer that he should talk as he did—so sedately, yet so poetically—so long-windedly, if you like, yet so sensibly—even wisely. 1875, George Macdonald, chapter 18, in Malcolm, volume I, London: Henry S. King, pages 219–220:

Forms

Translations (12)

pl poetycko (in a poetic manner) · de poetisch (in a poetic manner) · grc ποιητικῶς (in a poetic manner) · ca poèticament (in a poetic manner) · pt poeticamente (in a poetic manner) · el ποιητικά (in a poetic manner) · oc poeticament (in a poetic manner) · ka პოეტურად (in a poetic manner) · it poeticamente (in a poetic manner) · fr poétiquement (in a poetic manner) · fa شاعرانه (in a poetic manner) · es poéticamente (in a poetic manner)