Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In monosyllables; with the use of monosyllables.
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- adverb In single
syllables .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a monosyllabic manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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Speaking monosyllabically is not going to get you very far.
Archive 2009-03-01 zombietron 2009
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Speaking monosyllabically is not going to get you very far.
B-I-T-N-I-S zombietron 2009
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During a recent lecture in London the younger Gaddafi responded monosyllabically to a question about Megrahi, focusing instead on the "new" Libya and opportunities it presented.
Lockerbie bomber's release has strengthened ties with UK, says Libya 2010
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Of course the drama escalated when this nondescript figure, responding almost monosyllabically to Simon Cowell's grilling about why a 47-year-old had never made any professional headway, said she aspired to be a singer in the image of Evita originator Elaine Paige.
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He hits five bars in a single day, drinking his way through his declining years, monosyllabically grunting his way through conversations with a loquacious bartender Gyula Pauer.
Damnation Ed Howard 2009
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The other grunted monosyllabically, and bit on a carrot-like root.
Archive 2008-04-01 Chris Perridas 2008
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Asked if, 10 years ago, he could have imagined a Democratic president like Clinton -- one signing repeal of the 60-year-old federal entitlement to support for the poor; fixated on balancing the budget; proposing to do so by cutting discretionary domestic spending by one third -- Wellstone answers softly and monosyllabically: "" No. ''
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The other grunted monosyllabically, and bit on a carrot-like root.
Antiquarian Weird Tales: A DAMSEL WITH A DULCIMER By MALCOLM FERGUSON Chris Perridas 2008
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We return to suite, where A sits on the sofa beside me but does not acknowledge my continued existence and responds monosyllabically to my attempts at chit-chat, preferring to talk in rapid French to the attending record company executive.
Archive 2006-12-01 Jessica 2006
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We return to suite, where A sits on the sofa beside me but does not acknowledge my continued existence and responds monosyllabically to my attempts at chit-chat, preferring to talk in rapid French to the attending record company executive.
These two... Jessica 2006
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