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poetic adjective
/pəʊˈet.ɪk/
/poʊˈet ̬-/ adj (also poetical) Definition
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like or relating to poetry or poetsa collection of Dryden's poetical works (= poems)
The story is written in richly poetic language.
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approving very beautiful or expressing emotionDeanne Sokolin creates abstract, mournfully poetic black-and-white images of wrapped objects.
poetically adverb
/pəʊˈet.ɪ.kli//poʊˈet ̬-/ adv (Definition of poetic adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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