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microtonally

microtonally adverb: in a microtonal manner.

Adverb

microtonally (comparative more microtonally, superlative most microtonally)

  1. In a microtonal manner.
    • This is possible because the pitches of the notes are allowed to vary microtonally. For instance, the C note in the second chord is played at 528 Hz […]2005, William A. Sethares, Tuning, timbre, spectrum, scale

Forms of microtonally

comparativemore microtonally
superlativemost microtonally

Origin of microtonally

From microtonal + -ly.

Questions about microtonally

What does microtonally mean?
Microtonally means in a microtonal manner.
What part of speech is microtonally?
Microtonally is an adverb.

Words near microtonally in the dictionary

  1. microtonalism
  2. microtonalist
  3. microtonalists
  4. microtonalities
  5. microtonality
  6. microtonally
  7. microtone
  8. microtones
  9. microtonometric
  10. microtonometry
  11. microtool

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