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iambically

iambically adverb: according to iambic meter.

Adverb

iambically (comparative more iambically, superlative most iambically)

  1. According to iambic meter.
    • First, English phrases tend to open iambically on an unstressed word (article, preposition, or conjunction), as with The rising world and the waters in the line before us.2001, David Keppel-Jones, The strict metrical tradition, page 27

Forms of iambically

comparativemore iambically
superlativemost iambically

Origin of iambically

From iambic + -ally, or iambical + -ly.

Questions about iambically

What does iambically mean?
Iambically means according to iambic meter.
What part of speech is iambically?
Iambically is an adverb.

Words near iambically in the dictionary

  1. iambic pentameters
  2. iambic shortening
  3. iambic shortenings
  4. iambic tetrameter
  5. iambical
  6. iambically
  7. iambick
  8. iambicks
  9. iambics
  10. iambist
  11. iambists

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