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(poʊetɪk)
1. adjective
Something that is poetic is very beautiful and expresses emotions in a sensitive or moving way.
The pianist gave an exciting yet poetic performance.
poetically adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective]
The speech was as poetically written as any he'd ever heard.
2. adjective
Poetic means relating to poetry.
There's a very rich poetic tradition in Gaelic.
Synonyms: lyrical, lyric, rhythmic, elegiac More Synonyms of poetic
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poetic in British English

(pəʊˈɛtɪk) or poetical
adjective
1. 
of or relating to poetry
2. 
characteristic of poetry, as in being elevated, sublime, etc
3. 
characteristic of a poet
4. 
recounted in verse
Derived forms
poetically (poˈetically)
adverb

poetic in American English

(poʊˈɛtɪk)
adjective
1. 
of, characteristic of, like, or fit for a poet or poetry
2. 
skilled in or fond of poetry
3. 
written in verse
4. 
displaying the beauty, imaginative qualities, etc. found in good poetry
noun
5. 
poetics
Word origin
MFr poétique < L poeticus < Gr poiētikos

Examples of 'poetic' in a sentence
poetic

This is poetic justice of a rather stark kind.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
This is poetic justice of a rather stark kind.
Times, Sunday Times (2017)
 And poetic language is the most rare form.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
This is poetic justice for my daughter.
The Sun (2011)
This was more fantasy than poetic licence.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It also abandoned the conventional poetic voice.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
There is a bitter poetic justice in it.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
That was poetic licence on my part.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
It would have been poetic justice had it gone in.
The Sun (2013)
One must allow a little poetic licence in scanning the number.
The Times Literary Supplement (2012)
Her demise was seen by many as poetic justice.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
Most of the stories about sledging have a little bit of poetic licence.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
It is poetic and beautiful, always evocative.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
Spooks's dialogue is so bad that it is almost poetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
Some passages can be simple descriptions; others can be almost poetic or oblique.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Since then, he has spent two decades exploring and refining a wonderfully distinctive poetic voice.
The Times Literary Supplement (2010)
Indeed, the film had an almost poetic quality.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
And as she mellowed and brought her creativity into the theatre, her works became more poetic and beautiful.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Expect something galvanising yet poetic.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
His story is crammed with colourful images and incidents, and his voice mixes high poetic style and earthy slang in a lively comic patter.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He still had fine, almost poetic qualities, but he was no longer invincible.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
Arabic's a glorious language for poetic extravagance, and we made the most of it.
Ben Nimmo IN FORKBEARD'S WAKE: Coasting Round Scandinavia (2003)
You don't get a sense of a sensitive, poetic kind of personality on his runway any more.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
He seemed 100% man, gentle and intuitive and poetic and sensitive but also extraordinarily strong and manly.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)

In other languages
poetic

British English: poetic ADJECTIVE
Something that is poetic is very beautiful and expresses emotions in a sensitive or moving way.
He gave an exciting yet poetic performance.
  • American English: poetic
  • Brazilian Portuguese: poético
  • Chinese: 富有诗意的
  • European Spanish: poético
  • French: poétique
  • German: poetisch
  • Italian: poetico
  • Japanese: 詩的な
  • Korean: 시적인
  • European Portuguese: poético
  • Latin American Spanish: poético

Chinese translation of 'poetic'

poetic

(pəuˈɛtɪk)

adj

  1. [drama, language, description] 有诗(詩)意的 (yǒu shīyì de)
  2. [tradition] 诗(詩)的 (shī de)
1 (adjective) 
Definition
like poetry, by being expressive or imaginative
Heidegger's interest in the poetic, evocative uses of language
Synonyms
figurative
creative
lyric
symbolic
symbolic representations of landscape
lyrical
rhythmic
rhythmical
songlike
2 (adjective) 
Definition
of poetry or poets
There's a very rich poetic tradition in Gaelic.
Synonyms
lyrical
His paintings became more lyrical.
lyric
His splendid short stories and lyric poetry.
rhythmic
the rhythmical beat of the drum
elegiac
rhythmical
metrical

Additional synonyms

in the sense of lyric
Definition
of or relating to such poetry
His splendid short stories and lyric poetry.
Synonyms
songlike,
musical,
lyrical,
expressive,
melodic
in the sense of rhythmic
the rhythmical beat of the drum
Synonyms
cadenced,
throbbing,
periodic,
pulsating,
flowing,
musical,
harmonious,
lilting,
melodious,
metrical
in the sense of symbolic
Definition
of or relating to a symbol or symbols
symbolic representations of landscape
Synonyms
figurative,
representative,
allegorical,
illustrative,
allusive,
connotative

Synonyms of 'poetic'

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