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Anapestic is an English word with synonyms like rhetorical. Below you'll find 2 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Anapestic in a sentence

Anapestic meaning

  1. Of, relating to, or composed of, anapests.
  2. Of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human) heartbeat pattern.
  3. Of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry; see also limeric or limerick.

Synonyms of Anapestic

anapaestic rhetorical

Related words

Other words often associated with Anapestic or its synonyms:

declamatory style flowery bombastic embellished turgid large ornate

Using Anapestic

  • The main meaning on this page is: Of, relating to, or composed of, anapests. | Of, or relating to, one of the distinct beats in a (human) heartbeat pattern. | Of, or relating to, a rhythmic pattern used in certain forms of poetry; see also limeric or limerick.
  • Useful related words include: anapaestic, rhetorical.

Context around Anapestic

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 0 middle, 1 end
  • Sentence types: 2 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often after:

passage 1× tetrameters 1×

Sentence patterns with Anapestic

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

in an anapestic passage in 1× lines of anapestic tetrameters 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

in an anapestic 1× it is declaimed 1×

Common sentence endings:

god dionysus aes 1× of anapestic tetrameters 1×

Words around Anapestic

Just before it in the word index:

anapali 4 anapa 2 anap 6 anaocha 3 anao 3 ananya 69

Just after it in the word index:

anaphase 11 anaphor 2 anaphora 5 anaphoric 4 anaphors 3 anaphylactic 19

Similar in corpus frequency:

aabc 4 aacr 4 aacsb 4 aadar 4 aadk 4 aadujeevitham 4

Corpus analysis for Anapestic

  • In this selection, "anapestic" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, passage and tetrameters stand out and add context to how "anapestic" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include in an anapestic passage in and lines of anapestic tetrameters. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "anapestic" sits close to words such as aabc, aacr and aacsb, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with anapestic

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It is declaimed in long lines of 'anapestic tetrameters'. (9 words)

In an anapestic passage in The Frogs, for instance, the character Aeschylus presents a view of poetry that is supposed to be serious but which leads to a comic interruption by the god, Dionysus: ::AES. (35 words)

Longer example sentences

In an anapestic passage in The Frogs, for instance, the character Aeschylus presents a view of poetry that is supposed to be serious but which leads to a comic interruption by the god, Dionysus: ::AES. (35 words)

It is declaimed in long lines of 'anapestic tetrameters'. (9 words)

Example sentences (2)

In an anapestic passage in The Frogs, for instance, the character Aeschylus presents a view of poetry that is supposed to be serious but which leads to a comic interruption by the god, Dionysus: ::AES.

It is declaimed in long lines of 'anapestic tetrameters'.

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "anapestic" in a sentence?
An example: "In an anapestic passage in The Frogs, for instance, the character Aeschylus presents a view of poetry that is supposed to be serious but which leads to a comic interruption by the god, Dionysus: ::AES." This page contains 2 example sentences with the word "anapestic" from authentic English texts.
What does "anapestic" mean?
Anapestic means: Of, relating to, or composed of, anapests.
What are synonyms of "anapestic"?
Common synonyms of "anapestic" include: anapaestic, rhetorical.
How many example sentences with "anapestic" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 2 example sentences with "anapestic", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.