metrically

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adverb (1)

met·ri·cal·ly ˈme-tri-k(ə-)lē

: in a manner relating to or based on the metric system

… if your measuring cup isn't graduated metrically … then figure that 2 1/3 U. S. cups is the closest practical equivalent …—

Raymond Sokolov

metrically

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adverb (2)

: with regard to rhythmic meter

written in metrically regular verse

There's little doubt that a number of lines are metrically incomplete, a fact that dovetails with what we know about the poet's working method …—

Daniel Mendelsohn

They want to liberate themselves from the 4/4 uniformity of the metrically conventional, constant jazz beat …—

Joachim E. Berendt

: with regard to measurement

The dental characters differ morphologically and metrically from those of the recent great apes …—

L. de Bonis et al.

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Has one of the best pitches in the game value wise and metrically. —

Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 30 July 2024 The first passage is a Spenserian stanza, nine lines long, the last line being an Alexandrine—consisting of six feet, that is, and thus metrically a foot longer than the iambic pentameters that precede it. —

Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 26 Feb. 2024 There is nothing there that metrically says: breakout year forthcoming. —

Evan Grant, Dallas News, 28 Mar. 2023 The findings are suggestive of a predisposition for rhythmic movement in response to music and other metrically regular sounds. —

Darlene Cavalier, Discover Magazine, 16 Mar. 2010