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English adjective: syllabic | |||
| 1. | syllabic of or relating to syllables | ||
| Samples | Syllabic accent. Syllabic characters each represent a syllable. | ||
| 2. | syllabic consisting of or using a syllabary | ||
| Samples | Eskimos of the eastern Arctic have a system of syllabic writing. | ||
| 3. | syllabic (of verse) having lines based on number of syllables rather than on rhythmical arrangement of stresses or quantities | ||
| Antonyms | accentual, quantitative | ||
| 4. | syllabic consisting of a syllable or syllables | ||
| Similar | decasyllabic, disyllabic, monosyllabic, octosyllabic, pentasyllabic, polysyllabic, syllabled | ||
| Antonyms | nonsyllabic, unsyllabic | ||
| 5. | syllabic (of speech sounds) forming the nucleus of a syllable | ||
| Samples | The syllabic 'nl' in 'riddle'. | ||
| Antonyms | nonsyllabic | ||
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