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MONOSYLLABIC
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Dictionary entry overview: What does monosyllabic mean?
• MONOSYLLABIC (adjective)
The adjective MONOSYLLABIC has 1 sense:
1. having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable
Familiarity information: MONOSYLLABIC used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable
Similar:
syllabic (consisting of a syllable or syllables)
Derivation:
monosyllable (a word or utterance of one syllable)
Context examples
He whittled and listened, gave monosyllabic replies, and, when it was asked, terse advice.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
I made some attempts to draw her into conversation, but she seemed a person of few words: a monosyllabic reply usually cut short every effort of that sort.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
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