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Definition of Polysyllabically
1. Adverb. In a polysyllabic manner.
Definition of Polysyllabically
1. Adverb. In a polysyllabic way. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Polysyllabically
Literary usage of Polysyllabically
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of English Poetry by William John Courthope (1904)
"... or polysyllabically: unexpected irregularities of movement produce sublime
effects, as in the clashing of accents, and of iambic and trochaic rhythms, ..."
2. The Best Short Stories of ... and the Yearbook of the American Short Story edited by Edward Joseph Harrington O'Brien (1919)
"... at the meeting and in a halting but scholarly way lectured on the world and
the flesh. To-night he spoke polysyllabically of the fact that one Philo ..."
3. The Christian Examiner edited by Edward Everett Hale (1864)
"... or whether it were more blandly and polysyllabically expressed by the Southern
grandee who took you to ride in his chariot, and explained to you that ..."
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