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syllabically

syllabically adverb: in terms of syllables.

Adverb

syllabically (not comparable)

  1. In terms of syllables.
    • Entries on her personal Twitter stream are all written as senryu, a syllabically constrained poetic form like haiku.2009 April 22, Lawrence Downes, “Take 1 Recipe, Mince, Reduce, Serve”, in New York Times

Origin of syllabically

From syllabic + -ally.

Questions about syllabically

What does syllabically mean?
Syllabically means in terms of syllables.
What part of speech is syllabically?
Syllabically is an adverb.

Words near syllabically in the dictionary

  1. syllabic consonant
  2. syllabic consonants
  3. syllabic rhyme
  4. syllabic rhymes
  5. syllabical
  6. syllabically
  7. syllabicate
  8. syllabicated
  9. syllabicates
  10. syllabicating
  11. syllabication

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