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Synonyms for cadenced


Grammar : Adj
Spell : keyd-nst
Phonetic Transcription : ˈkeɪd nst



Définition of cadenced

Origin :
  • late 14c., "flow of rhythm in verse or music," from Middle French cadence, from Old Italian cadenza "conclusion of a movement in music," literally "a falling," from Vulgar Latin *cadentia, from neuter plural of Latin cadens, present participle of cadere "to fall" (see case (n.1)). In 16c., sometimes used literally for "an act of falling." A doublet of chance (n.).
  • adj rhythmical
Example sentences :
  • Verses, rhymes, lines metrical and cadenced—those are my dissipation.
  • Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington
  • A volume of poems, lines metrical and cadenced; something by a sound Victorian.
  • Extract from : « Penrod » by Booth Tarkington
  • While still very young, he has often cadenced their steps to the chords of his piano.
  • Extract from : « Life of Chopin » by Franz Liszt
  • A few minutes in cadenced marching and then the command, “Rout step–March!”
  • Extract from : « Aces Up » by Covington Clarke
  • A voice—the soft, cadenced voice of the negro—addressed him.
  • Extract from : « Cheerful--By Request » by Edna Ferber
  • The step was rhythmic, cadenced, and undulating; the whole form swayed by graceful wavings and harmonious balancings.
  • Extract from : « Life of Chopin » by Franz Liszt
  • Men pay it for a tender phrase Set in a cadenced rhyme: I keep it as a crown of praise To crown the kings of time.
  • Extract from : « Legends and Lyrics: First Series » by Adelaide Anne Procter
  • He then put his fingers in his mouth, and imitated with rare skill the soft and cadenced note of the maukawis.
  • Extract from : « The Pirates of the Prairies » by Gustave Aimard
  • "T'e most beautiful—voman—in t'e vorld," he went on in a slow, cadenced whisper.
  • Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark
  • The fresh morning breeze flutters gently through the tall grass, which it bends by its light and cadenced movements.
  • Extract from : « The Guide of the Desert » by Gustave Aimard

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