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monosyllabically, adv.|ˌmɒnəʊsɪˈlæbɪkəlɪ| [f. monosyllabical + -ly2.] In a monosyllable or monosyllables.
1816Coleridge Lett. (1895) 664 Which I know to be (monosyllabically speaking) a lie. 1821Lamb Elia Ser. i. My First Play, Vice versâ..in his own peculiar pronunciation monosyllabically elaborated, or Anglicised, into something like verse verse. 1882Sala Amer. Revis. ix. (1885) 118 He became responsive, but only monosyllabically so. 1904Daily Chron. 1 June 6/7 Hone wrote of ‘cabs’ monosyllabically in 1827. |