accentual

Adjective

Meaning

Of or pertaining to accent; characterized or formed by accent.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

bend able hard birth emphasis delivery accent athletic energetic hiatus childbirth inflection forceful arduous emphatic
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Antonyms

quantitative syllabic numerical measurable numeric monosyllabic
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Phrases with the word

accentual-syllabic

Examples

accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line Source: Internet

accentual rhythm Source: Internet

Because the normal modes of English poetry depend on accentual meter rather than on syllabics, Henderson chose to emphasize the order of events and images in the originals. Source: Internet

The iambic six-foot line has also been used occasionally, and an accentual six-foot line has been used by translators from the Latin and many poets. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

accentology accentor accentuable accentual system accentual-syllabic accentuality