cadenced
Having steady rhythm
Cadenced describes something having a rhythmic rise and fall, a measured beat or flow.
Speech may be cadenced when it follows a deliberate pattern of emphasis: her slow, cadenced reading of the poem.
Military marching is cadenced, each step falling in time.
The word suggests regularity and intention rather than natural rhythm.
Rate of musical performance
- beatRhythmic pulse or strike
- meterDevice that measures usage
- pulseArterial blood throb
- syncopationStressed unexpected beats
groove · swing · lilt · drumming · percussion · polyrhythm · backbeat · downbeat
Hole-boring device
- paradeCeremonial public procession
- formationCreation or arrangement
- militaryArmed forces collectively
- lockstepRigid synchronized movement
procession · regiment · troops · synchronized · footfall · step · march · stride
Metered poetic passage
- meterDevice that measures usage
- rhymeMatching terminal sounds
- sonnetFourteen-line metered poem
- stanzaPoem's line grouping
couplet · enjambment · scansion · iambic · trochaic · spondee · pentameter · hexameter
Moving in waves
- wavelikeResembling ocean swells
- ripplingFlowing in undulations
- sweepingExtensive and far-reaching
- rollingTurning over repeatedly
swelling · ebbing · surging · cresting · oscillating · rising · falling · smooth
Formal eloquent discourse
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- deliveryConveyance of goods
- elocutionFormal speaking skill
phrasing · modulation · inflection · prosody · declamation · enunciation · chanting · intoning
Manner of expressing something
- movementChange in position
- passageSegment of text
- motifRecurring thematic element
- sequenceOrdered succession of elements
progression · legato · staccato · rubato · ritardando · accelerando · fermata · dynamics
tempo
Rate of musical performance
syncopation · groove · swing · lilt · drumming · percussion · polyrhythm · backbeat · downbeat · upbeat
drill
Hole-boring device
lockstep · procession · regiment · troops · synchronized · footfall · step · march · stride · measured
verse
Metered poetic passage
stanza · couplet · enjambment · scansion · iambic · trochaic · spondee · pentameter · hexameter · feet
undulating
Moving in waves
rolling · swelling · ebbing · surging · cresting · oscillating · rising · falling · smooth · continuous
oratory
Formal eloquent discourse
- recitationOral delivery from memory
- intonationPitch variation in speech
- deliveryConveyance of goods
elocution · phrasing · modulation · inflection · prosody · declamation · enunciation · chanting · intoning · voicing
phrasing
Manner of expressing something
sequence · progression · legato · staccato · rubato · ritardando · accelerando · fermata · dynamics · articulation
cadencedarrhythmic
Lacking regular beat
unrhythmic · unrhythmical · unmeasured · irregular · erratic
cadencedchaotic
Totally without arrangement
unpatterned · disorganized · formless · random · haphazard
- poetic cadenceRhythmic flow in verse
- march cadenceSung rhythm for troops
- marching cadenceRhythmic chant for formations
- drum cadenceRepetitive percussion pattern for marching
- army cadenceSynchronized military marching chant
- cadence callsMilitary running chants