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accentual
[ak-sen-choo-uhl]
adjective
of or relating to accent or stress.
Prosody.Ģżof or relating to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quantities.
accentual
/ Ʀ°ģĖ²õɲŌ³ŁŹŹÉ±ō /
adjective
of, relating to, or having accents; rhythmic
prosody of or relating to verse based on the number of stresses in a line rather than on the number of syllables Compare quantitative
Other 51³Ō¹Ļ Forms
- accentuality noun
- accentually adverb
- nonaccentual adjective
- nonaccentually adverb
- ²¹³¦Ė³¦±š²Ō³Ł³Ü²¹±ō±ō²ā adverb
51³Ō¹Ļ History and Origins
Origin of accentual1
Example Sentences
Eventually, he stirs in some variations of speed and volume, accentual bursts of sound, with deeper tones and crunch.
Otherwise, they dress like the British, their mother tongue is English, with an accentual twang of Indian and they are Christians.
In an accentual manner; in accordance with accent.
Although the line is syllabic, the rhymes create a contrastingly accentual effect.
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 āstoreā for āfillā and ārecognizanceā for ārecognition.ā
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