poetically

[US]/pəu'etikəli/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adv. in a poetic manner, using poetry

Example Sentences

In this way, humanity may rid itself of depressive implication and men can habitate poetically on this land.

A 1964 act defines wilderness, rather poetically, as “an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammelled by man”.

Real-world Examples

Sometimes Huang He is poetically called the 'Muddy Flow'.

Source: Hello, China.

I speak poetically of our very own Dr. Lucy Tse.

Source: 2013 ESLPod

Here, the term is used poetically.

Source: 2016 English Cafe

Or more poetically, two times three times two times three times two.

Source: 2023 Celebrity High School Graduation Speech

I know, I just thought it was ironic or poetically tragic maybe.

Source: If the movie ends like this.

Even more poetically, it's been called “the old Moon in the new Moon's arms”, referring to the unlit part surrounded by the crescent new Moon's horns.

Source: Crash Course Astronomy

It's a pebble that must have been tumbled downstream, banged and smoothed against other stones as it went, in the process that geologists poetically describe as 'chattering'.

Source: BBC documentary "A Hundred Treasures Talk About the Changes of Time"

Jacques was not with us, and the mother's first thought, as Virgil so poetically says, is to press her children to her breast when danger threatens.

Source: Lily of the Valley (Part 1)

Or to put it more poetically, strength comes from creating comfort where there was once felt danger, peace where there was once war, or light where there was once darkness.

Source: Tales of Imagination and Creativity

The researchers also argue that although the expression was not strictly correct its rhythm and symmetry poetically capture the sense and mood of one of humanity's most epic moments.

Source: Learn British English Speaking on the Go

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