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polysyllabically

polysyllabically adverb: in a polysyllabic way.

Adverb

polysyllabically (comparative more polysyllabically, superlative most polysyllabically)

  1. In a polysyllabic way.
    • He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside.2008 June 20, David Brooks, “The Two Obamas”, in New York Times

Forms of polysyllabically

comparativemore polysyllabically
superlativemost polysyllabically

Origin of polysyllabically

From polysyllabic + -ally.

Questions about polysyllabically

What does polysyllabically mean?
Polysyllabically means in a polysyllabic way.
What part of speech is polysyllabically?
Polysyllabically is an adverb.

Words near polysyllabically in the dictionary

  1. polysurgical
  2. polyswitch
  3. polyswitches
  4. polysyllabic
  5. polysyllabical
  6. polysyllabically
  7. polysyllabicism
  8. polysyllabicisms
  9. polysyllabicity
  10. polysyllabics
  11. polysyllabism

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