Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Dactylic /(dăk*tĭl"ĭk)/ · Dac·tyl·ic · IPA /dækˈtɪ.lɪk/ a. n. 01 a. Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses. 1. Pertaining to, consisting chiefly or wholly of, dactyls; as, dactylic verses. 02 n. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics. 1. A line consisting chiefly or wholly of dactyls; as, these lines are dactylics. 2. Dactylic meters.