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poetic

DEFINITIONS OF: poetic

1

adj of or relating to poetry

“poetic works”
“a poetic romance”
Synonyms:
poetical

adj characteristic of or befitting poetry

“poetic diction”
Synonyms:
poetical
rhetorical
given to rhetoric, emphasizing style at the expense of thought

adj of or relating to poets

“poetic insight”

adj characterized by romantic imagery

“Turner's vision of the rainbow...was poetic”
Synonyms
figurative, nonliteral
(used of the meanings of words or text) not literal; using figures of speech
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