metrical
adjective
met·ri·cal ˈme-tri-kəl 
variants or metric
ˈme-trik
1
: of, relating to, or composed in meter
2
: of or relating to measurement
Synonyms
- cadenced
- cadent
- measured
- rhythmic
- rhythmical
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Example Sentences
the metrical chugging of the machinery had a hypnotic effect
Recent Examples on the Web Somewhere in the unconscious of the song, beneath the metrical grid, the band has located a deep, deep shuffle-like vibration: extremely heavy. 
James Parker, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2022 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 See More
James Parker, The Atlantic, 1 Jan. 2022 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 The medieval poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight relates this eerily playful tale in 2,530 lines of alliterative verse, a springy and musical metrical form, relishing the gory details. Jordan Michael Smith, The New Republic, 12 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
metrical going back to Middle English metricalle, from Latin metricus "relating to or composed in meter" + Middle English -alle -al entry 1; metric borrowed from Latin metricus "relating to or composed in meter, rhythmic (of the pulse)," borrowed from Greek metrikós "by measurement, relating to meter in verse," from métron "measure, space measure, poetic meter" + -ikos -ic entry 1 — more at meter entry 1
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Kids Definition
metrical
adjective
met·ri·cal ˈme-tri-kəl
: of or relating to poetic or musical meter
Medical Definition
metrical
adjective
met·ri·cal -tri-kəl
: of, relating to, or subject to measurement
metrical genetic traits
metrical
adjective
variants or metric
as in rhythmic
marked by or occurring with a noticeable regularity in the rise and fall of sound the metrical chugging of the machinery had a hypnotic effect Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- rhythmic
- rhythmical
- cadenced
- cadent
- measured
- steady
- metronomic
- uniform
- musical
- metronomical
- lilting
- swaying
- regular
- even
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- arrhythmic
- unmeasured
- nonmetrical
- unrhythmic