Synonyms for climactic

Grammar : Adj

Spell : klahy-mak-tik

Phonetic Transcription : klaɪˈmæk tɪk

Définition of climactic

Origin : "pertaining to a climax," 1832, from climax, apparently on the analogy of syntax/syntactic. Related: Climactical.

adj pertaining to climax

Example sentences :

The silence lengthened until it became acute, epochal, climactic.
Extract from : « The Shadow » by Arthur Stringer

Every feature had been mapped—every climactic condition recorded.
Extract from : « Futuria Fantasia, Summer 1939 » by Ray Bradbury

The next step, perhaps the climactic one of the series, was longer in coming .
Extract from : « More Portmanteau Plays » by Stuart Walker

Climactic of all the riders rode the cowboy, who lived with horse and herd.
Extract from : « Guide to Life and Literature of the Southwest » by J. Frank Dobie

The climactic motive of the sea acclaiming the rising sun is there, but reversed.
Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp

Of the original answer is wrought all the balance and foil of second theme, and like the first it reaches a climactic height.
Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp

More and more moving is the climactic melody of regret with a blended song in large and little.
Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp

As the pilgrim to his Mecca, so the waters are wafted into the climactic motive of the Hradschin, the chant of the holy citadel.
Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp

The climactic clash ends in a last verse of the opening phrase, as of primal, religious chant.
Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp

Here strikes a climactic tune in forte unison of the four horns (molto espressivo e marcato).
Extract from : « Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies » by Philip H. Goepp

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