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词汇 metrically
释义 metrically
adverb
uk /ˈmet.rɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˈmet.rɪ.kəl.i/

metricallyadverb (MEASUREMENT)


in a way that uses or relates to a system of measurement that uses metres, centimetres, litres, etc.:
Timber has been measured metrically for years.
A pound is a measure of weight equal to 16 ounces or, metrically, 453.6 grams.
Related word
metric
The remote control measures 8.4 inches or, for the metrically minded, 21.3 centimetres.
Are foreign football pitches measured metrically?
We soon got used to seeing distances beside the road marked metrically.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Measurements in general
altitude
bathymetric
bathymetrically
bathymetry
be running at somethingidiom
calibrate
cubic
drop
elevation
factor
knee-length
metric
micro
pico-
scale
setting
stopping distance
tera-
uncalibrated
unmeasurable

metricallyadverb (RHYTHM)


in a way that relates to the metre(= rhythm) of a piece of poetry or music :
The song consists of several metrically identical verses.
The poem is less odd metrically than it seems when read with modern speech patterns.
Related word
metrical
Metrically, her verse was extremely conventional.
To play this piece correctly you should play it metrically, with great care given to the length of each note.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Literature
accentual
action hero
alliterative
alternative history
anapest
femslash
fiction
fictionality
fictionally
fictive
non-canonical
non-character
non-literary
non-metrical
non-poetic
sympathetically
tanka
tartan noir
theatrics
threnody
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