poetical

[US]/pəʊ'etɪkəl/
[UK]/po'ɛtɪkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. idealized, related to poetry.

Example Sentences

This is a poetical picture of the landscape.

a phrase with a poetical overtone

a poetical description of the jungle.

She has a poetical soul.

His writing style is very poetical.

The sunset painted a poetical scene in the sky.

Her words were filled with poetical imagery.

The poetical language of the novel captivated readers.

He expressed his emotions through poetical verses.

The poetical nature of the music touched the audience's hearts.

She found inspiration in the poetical works of famous poets.

The painting depicted a poetical interpretation of nature.

His speech was filled with poetical references to nature.

Real-world Examples

A poetical temperament is discernible throughout all his writings and in all his actions.

Source: American Version Language Arts Volume 6

Though Wildeve's fevered feeling had not been elaborated to real poetical compass, it was of the standard sort.

Source: Returning Home

The idea of fatherhood made him feel poetical and proud. He began to talk to his wife.

Source: The Trumpet Swan

This love, then, this constancy, this passion, is no poetical fiction.

Source: The Sorrows of Young Werther

'What are the great poetical names of the last hundred years or so?

Source: A room of one's own.

Lemon had undertaken to describe Juliet or Imogen, these heroines would not have seemed poetical.

Source: Middlemarch (Part One)

In consequence of this, I had built from childhood a dream of high and poetical conjugal life.

Source: Kreutzer Sonata

The most of my patrons are boys, sir, and poetical boys, who are not much company for me.

Source: New Arabian Nights (Volume 1)

He had told her frankly that this — he called it poetical and esthetic — is all of life's happiness.

Source: Resurrection

When we speak of nature in this manner, we have a distinct but most poetical sense in the mind.

Source: Sixth Level Morning Reading Beautiful Articles

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