poetical

CEFRB1

/poʊˈɛtɪkl̩/

adjective

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Related to poems or written like a poem.

  2. 02

    adjective

    Extra detail

    Synonym of poetic.

Examples

  • The poppy-covered field has become the summer's poetical landscape.

  • That our work, therefore, might be in no danger of being likened to the labours of these historians, we have taken every occasion of interspersing through the whole sundry similes, descriptions, and other kind of poetical embellishments.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /pəʊˈɛtɪkl̩/

Synonyms

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Origin

adjective

From Middle English poetical, possibly equivalent to poet + -ical.