In the style of, or in a way that relates to, recitation.

(music) dialogue, in an opera etc, that, rather than being sung as an aria, is reproduced with the rhythms of normal speech, often with simple musical accompaniment or harpsichord continuo, serving to expound the plot

of a recital

plural of recitative

Relating to recitation.

In the manner of a recitation.

(rare, formal) The act of publicly reciting something previously memorized; a recitation.

plural of recitement

plural of reciting

plural of recitation