Definitions for metrical

metrical met·ri·cal

Spelling: [me-tri-kuh l]
IPA: /ˈmɛ trɪ kəl/

Metrical is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 495 anagrams from letters in metrical (aceilmrt).

Definitions for metrical

adjective

  1. pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
  2. composed in meter or verse.
  3. pertaining to measurement.

Origin of metrical

1375-1425; late Middle English Late Latin metric(us) (see metric2) + -al1

Examples for metrical

By metrical language is meant that which is systematically rhythmical.

These metrical effects he has tried to reproduce in English.

As it is, his poem has the faults we should look for in a metrical version of Euclid.

The whole universe is metrical, everything is a question of degree.

But he was already skilled in the art of metrical composition.

metrical scheme: a brief strophe and antistrophe and conclusion.

A selection from the metrical Sanskrit proverbs and maxims is here given.

The reign of metrical romance, brilliant but brief, was past, or nearly so.

A metrical translation of the second part of Faust appeared in 1866.

Prose must be rhythmical, and it may be as much so as you will; but it must not be metrical.

Word Value for metrical
Scrable

12

Words with friends

15

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