Meaning & use
cadent
Having a rhythmic falling or rising pattern, especially in sound, speech, or movement.
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The poet's cadent lines rose and fell like the waves he was describing.
Her cadent way of speaking made even ordinary announcements sound like poetry.
A note on using this word
Cadent is a literary word, closely related to cadence, and is mostly found in poetry criticism or descriptions of musical speech.
Words with a similar meaning
rhythmiccadenced
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