adv
Meaning 1
In a metrical manner.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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metrically
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CMU ARPABET: M EH1 T R IH0 K AH0 L IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adverb
Meaning 2
with regard to meter
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- metrically, these poems are matched
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History
Etymology
Etymology tree English metrical Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English metrically From metrical + -ly.
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