recitativelike
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From recitative + -like.
Adjective
[edit]recitativelike (comparative more recitativelike, superlative most recitativelike)
- Resembling or characteristic of a recitative.
- 2007 May 14, Bernard Holland, “A Performance Operatic in Its Scope (Opera Not Included)”, in New York Times[1]:
- There is recitativelike declamation, lingering melodiousness and rushes of busy passagework.