monosyllabic
adjective
having only one syllable, as the word no.
monosyllabically
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a word derived from
monosyllabic.
Example Sentences
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Schiff asked Mueller, essentially, what he thought all about all that—and Mueller, however monosyllabically, told him.
From Slate ● Jul. 24, 2019
It was his worst performance of the season … until his postgame news conference, where he answered nearly every question dismissively and monosyllabically.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 1, 2016
She hesitated only a moment before responding, monosyllabically, “Yes.”
From Slate ● Mar. 27, 2015
She pronounced it, as she thought, in the French way, monosyllabically, but without quite getting her tongue round the r.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
No woman likes to be accused of mendacity monosyllabically.
From H. R. by Edwin Lefevre
