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po⋅et⋅ic

  [poh-et-ik]
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–adjective Also, po⋅et⋅i⋅cal.
1. possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
2. of or pertaining to a poet or poets.
3. characteristic of or befitting a poet: poetic feeling; poetic insight.
4. endowed with the faculty or feeling of a poet: a poetic eulogist.
5. having or showing the sensibility of a poet: a poetic lover.
6. of or pertaining to poetry: poetic literature.
7. of the nature of or resembling poetry: a poetic composition; poetic drama; poetic imagination.
8. celebrated in poetry, as a place.
9. providing a subject for poetry.
10. of or pertaining to literature in verse form.
–noun
11. poetics.
Origin:
1520–30; < L poēticus < Gk poiētikós. See poet, -ic

Related forms:
po⋅et⋅i⋅cal⋅ly, adverb
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po·et·i·cal   (pō-ět'ĭ-kəl)   
adj.  
  1. Poetic.
  2. Fancifully depicted or embellished; idealized.
po·et'i·cal·ly adv., po·et'i·cal·ness, po·et'i·cal'i·ty (-kāl'ĭ-tē) n.
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Poetically

Po*et"ic*al*ly\, adv. In a poetic manner.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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