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Rhythmically

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Adverb

1. rhythmically

in a rhythmic manner

Example Sentences:
'the chair rocked rhythmically back and forth'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Rhythmically

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noun
1. 
a. 
the arrangement of the relative durations of and accents on the notes of a melody, usually laid out into regular groups (bars) of beats, the first beat of each bar carrying the stress
b. 
any specific arrangement of such groupings; time
quadruple rhythm
2. (in poetry)
a. 
the arrangement of words into a more or less regular sequence of stressed and unstressed or long and short syllables
b. 
any specific such arrangement; metre
3. 
(in painting, sculpture, architecture, etc) a harmonious sequence or pattern of masses alternating with voids, of light alternating with shade, of alternating colours, etc
4. 
any sequence of regularly recurring functions or events, such as the regular recurrence of certain physiological functions of the body, as the cardiac rhythm of the heartbeat

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Rhythmically

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noun
1. 
a. 
flow, movement, procedure, etc. characterized by basically regular recurrence of elements or features, as beat, or accent, in alternation with opposite or different elements or features
the rhythm of speech, dancing, the heartbeat, etc.
b. 
such recurrence; pattern of flow or movement
2. 
an effect of ordered movement in a work of art, literature, drama, etc. attained through patterns in the timing, spacing, repetition, accenting, etc. of the elements
3.  Biology
a periodic occurrence in living organisms of specific physiological changes, as the menstrual cycle, or a seasonal or daily variation in some activity, as sleep or feeding, in response to geophysical factors
4.  Music
a. 
basically regular recurrence of grouped strong and weak beats, or heavily and lightly accented tones, in alternation; arrangement of successive tones, usually in measures, according to their relative accentuation and duration
b. 
the form or pattern of this
waltz rhythm
see also time, tempo, meter1
5.  Prosody
a. 
basically regular recurrence of grouped stressed and unstressed, long and short, or high-pitched and low-pitched syllables in alternation; arrangement of successive syllables, as in metrical units (feet) or cadences, according to their relative stress, quantity, or pitch
b. 
the form or pattern of this
iambic rhythm

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Rhythmically

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adj.
Of, relating to, or having rhythm; recurring with measured regularity.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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