syllabic
adjective
of or relating to syllables or the division of a word into syllables
syllabically
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a word derived from
syllabic.
Example Sentences
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At times, recitative passages were syllabically crowded, their cadences a bit overburdened.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 28, 2021
Thus, free, freer, freest, increases syllabically; but ample, ampler, amplest, does not.
From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown
As she did so she again spoke, placidly and syllabically.
From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions
Here the verse is reduced to its barest constituents; every line is, syllabically as well as accentually, of equal length; and the lines run in pairs, without one double rhyme throughout.
From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Arthur Symons
I caught myself laughing, syllabically, and shrugging my shoulders, fitfully.
From Campaigns of a Non-Combatant, and His Romaunt Abroad During the War by George Alfred Townsend
