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suprasegmentally

suprasegmentally adverb: in a suprasegmental manner.

Adverb

suprasegmentally (not comparable)

  1. In a suprasegmental manner.
    • Suprasegmentally, there is a tendency to de-accent information which is repeated, a prominent stressing of demonstratives these and this, and modals and auxiliaries such as should and will, plus a rise-fall intonation that gives a ‘lilting’ quality.2019, Li Huang, James Lambert, “Another Arrow for the Quiver: A New Methodology for Multilingual Researchers”, in Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, →DOI, page 10

Origin of suprasegmentally

From suprasegmental + -ly.

Questions about suprasegmentally

What does suprasegmentally mean?
Suprasegmentally means in a suprasegmental manner.
What part of speech is suprasegmentally?
Suprasegmentally is an adverb.

Words near suprasegmentally in the dictionary

  1. suprascript
  2. suprascrive
  3. suprascrotal
  4. suprasegment
  5. suprasegmental
  6. suprasegmentally
  7. suprasegmentals
  8. suprasegments
  9. supraselective
  10. suprasellar
  11. suprasensible

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