1. relating to or consisting of anapests (a metrical foot of two unstressed syllables followed by one stressed syllable)
Usage: poetry; prosody

Examples

• The poem was written in anapestic meter.
• Anapestic verse creates a galloping rhythm.
• The limerick uses anapestic feet in its structure.
• She analyzed the anapestic pattern in the verse.
• The anapestic rhythm gave the poem a bouncing quality.
• Many nursery rhymes employ anapestic meter.