assonantly
assonantly adverb: in an assonant manner.
Adverb
assonantly (comparative more assonantly, superlative most assonantly)
- In an assonant manner.
- Of rhymes in the fourteen lines there ought to be, if possible, four only, and not more than five used, though some of our poets, with Shakspere at their head, employ six, and even seven assonantly distributed closing sounds, a wide departure from the "Petrarchan Stanza."1867, “The sonnets of Milton”, in The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, page 69
Forms of assonantly
| comparative | more assonantly |
|---|---|
| superlative | most assonantly |
Origin of assonantly
From assonant + -ly.
Questions about assonantly
- What does assonantly mean?
- Assonantly means in an assonant manner.
- What part of speech is assonantly?
- Assonantly is an adverb.
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