Iambically
adv
adv ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adverb
- 1 According to iambic meter.
"First, English phrases tend to open iambically on an unstressed word (article, preposition, or conjunction), as with The rising world and the waters in the line before us."
Example
More examples"First, English phrases tend to open iambically on an unstressed word (article, preposition, or conjunction), as with The rising world and the waters in the line before us."
Etymology
From iambic + -ally, or iambical + -ly.
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