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diaphonically

diaphonically adverb: in a diaphonic manner.

Adverb

diaphonically (comparative more diaphonically, superlative most diaphonically)

  1. In a diaphonic manner.
    • For a phonetic transcription of RP, we would generally transcribe GB[hə.ˈləʊ̯.ˈwɜːld] instead, to show that the diphthong diaphonically transcribed as [oʊ̯] has a more unrounded, central starting point, hence GB[əʊ̯]

Forms of diaphonically

comparativemore diaphonically
superlativemost diaphonically

Origin of diaphonically

From diaphonic + -ally.

Questions about diaphonically

What does diaphonically mean?
Diaphonically means in a diaphonic manner.
What part of speech is diaphonically?
Diaphonically is an adverb.

Words near diaphonically in the dictionary

  1. diaphonemes
  2. diaphonemic
  3. diaphones
  4. diaphonic
  5. diaphonical
  6. diaphonically
  7. diaphonics
  8. diaphonies
  9. diaphonisation
  10. diaphonization
  11. diaphonized

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