poetical

adjective

pō-ˈe-ti-kəl How to pronounce poetical (audio)
Definition of poeticalnext
as in poetic
having qualities suggestive of poetry love letters that were filled with poetical phrases

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Recent Examples of poetical In addition, for this film, drinking heart blood had physical, poetical appeal. — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 14 Jan. 2025 For armchair travelers and avid trip planners alike, Wine & Travel Italy evokes the spirit of Bel Paese (Beautiful Country), the popular poetical appellative for Italy. — Laura Manske, Forbes, 30 Oct. 2024 There is a real dangerous poetical syndrome sweeping America that must be cured. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 28 Jan. 2024 After all these years, your name still lights a flame in the poetical mind — to set those two syllables to rhyme, to music, to anything! — Tom Gliatto, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for poetical
Recent Examples of Synonyms for poetical
  1. poetic
  2. lyrical
  3. lyric
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  • Basho’s famous poetic travelogue, The Narrow Road to the Deep North, is considered one of the great works of Japanese literature and inspired the walk.
    — Everett Potter, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Sisterhood and Community are recurring motifs throughout her work, which aim to be both poetic and politically.
    — PhotoVogue, Vogue, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of poetic
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  • Borges may not be able to see the scenery, but delights in every scrap of local color, to a degree that the American — tasked with describing everything to his elder, in suitably lyrical terms — finds quite wearisome.
    — Guy Lodge, Variety, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Angus Young has repeated in interviews over the years that all this imagery and lyrical content about hell and the devil was pure tongue-in-cheek theatrics and nothing more.
    — Rodney Ho, AJC.com, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of lyrical
Adjective
  • Madonna asked the crowd — before the studio version rolled out in the days that followed, complete with lyric videos featuring behind-the-scenes footage from the Amsterdam event.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Watch a lyric video, assembled from Super 8 footage of Prine on a family vacation in the early 1970s, below.
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 23 July 2026
Definition of lyric

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“Poetical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/poetical. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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