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
The dark-eyed girl turned a fleeting glance upon her, so fleeting that it seemed as if she had never altered her position, and replied monosyllabically: “Yes.”
From Tom and Some Other Girls A Public School Story by Percy Tarrant
