1 [onlybeforenoun] connected with poetry; being poetry:
poetic language * Byron's Poetical Works
2 (approving) like or suggesting poetry, especially because it is imaginative and shows deep feeling:
There is a poetic quality to her playing.
poetically adverb
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Is poetic a noun, verb, or something else?
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