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accentual

[ ak-sen-choo-uhl ]

adjective

  1. of or relating to accent or stress.
  2. Prosody. of or relating to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quantities.


accentual

/ æˈɛԳʃʊə /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic
  2. prosody of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than on the number of syllables Compare quantitative
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈԳٳܲ, adverb
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ·t·i·ٲ noun
  • ·t·· adverb
  • ԴDza·t· adjective
  • non·t·· adverb
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of accentual1

1600–10; < Latin accentu ( s ) ( accent ) + -al 1
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Example Sentences

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Eventually, he stirs in some variations of speed and volume, accentual bursts of sound, with deeper tones and crunch.

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Otherwise, they dress like the British, their mother tongue is English, with an accentual twang of Indian and they are Christians.

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In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.

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Although the line is syllabic, the rhymes create a contrastingly accentual effect.

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Technical points worth attention here are the bold reversal of the regular accentual stress twice over in the first line, and the strained use of ‘store’ for ‘fill’ and ‘recognizance’ for ‘recognition.’

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