单词 | monosyllabically |
释义 | monosyllabicallyadv. In a monosyllable or monosyllables. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > taciturnity or reticence > [adverb] > curtly sparingly1576 monosyllabically1816 shortlya1817 society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > conciseness > [adverb] > monosyllabically monosyllabically1816 1816 S. T. Coleridge Lett. (1895) 664 Which I know to be (monosyllabically speaking) a lie. 1823 C. Lamb My First Play in Elia 223 Vice versâ..in his own peculiar pronunciation, monosyllabically elaborated, or Anglicized, into something like verse verse. 1882 G. A. Sala Amer. Revisited (1885) ix. 118 He became responsive, but only monosyllabically so. 1904 Daily Chron. 1 June 6/7 Hone wrote of ‘cabs’ monosyllabically in 1827. 1967 A. S. Byatt Game xiv. 198 Simon himself was very nervous, sweating heavily and answering questions monosyllabically. 1991 J. Keenan Putting on Ritz (1992) xiv. 153 Hoot, who was not..a morning person, sulked monosyllabically behind his shades. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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