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motivically

motivically adverb: in accordance with, or by means of, a motif.

Adverb

motivically (not comparable)

  1. In accordance with, or by means of, a motif.
    • In contrast to the motivically imprinted accompagnato, however, in which the motive has a purely accompanying function, the arioso often contains motivic imitation between the vocal and instrumental parts.2005, Alfred Dürr, Richard Douglas Jones, The Cantatas of J.S. Bach: With Their Librettos in German-English Parallel Text

Origin of motivically

From motivic + -ally.

Questions about motivically

What does motivically mean?
Motivically means in accordance with, or by means of, a motif.
What part of speech is motivically?
Motivically is an adverb.

Words near motivically in the dictionary

  1. motivelessness
  2. motiveness
  3. motives
  4. motivi
  5. motivic
  6. motivically
  7. motiving
  8. motivities
  9. motivity
  10. motivo
  11. motivological

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