ppl. a. [f. CADENCE v. and sb. + -ED.] Expressed or performed in cadence; characterized by cadence; rhythmical, measured.

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a. 1790.  Adam Smith, Imit. Arts, in Essays (1872), 432. A certain measured, cadenced step, commonly called a dancing step.

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1833.  Regul. & Instr. Cavalry, I. 82. The horse has a firm, even, and cadenced pace. (Cadenced means that the time passed in making each step shall be exactly equal.)

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1850.  Mrs. Browning, Lady Geraldine’s C., xlv. Her voice, so cadenced in the talking. Ibid. (1851), Casa Guidi Wind., 3. Where the whole world might drop for Italy Those cadenced tears.

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1870.  Lowell, Among My Books, Ser. II. (1873), 287. You hear the cadenced surges of an unseen ocean.

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