Polysyllabically

adv

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Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    In a polysyllabic way.

    "He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside."

Adverb
  1. 1
    in a polysyllabic manner wordnet

Synonyms

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multisyllabicallymultisyllabically

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"He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside."

Etymology

From polysyllabic + -ally.

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