What does anapaestic mean?
Anapaestic means British standard spelling of anapestic..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
British standard spelling of anapestic..
The public has referred the question to Time: the procedure of this great king I venture to describe, from precedents, by an adaptation of some smart anapaestic tetrameters--your anapaest is the foot for satire to halt on, both in Greek and English--which I read about twenty years ago, and with the point of which I was much tickled.
Use anapaestic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Anapaestic means British standard spelling of anapestic..
Common synonyms include rhetorical, anapestic.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The public has referred the question to Time: the procedure of this great king I venture to describe, from precedents, by an adaptation of some smart anapaestic tetrameters--your anapaest is the foot for satire to halt on, both in Greek and English--which I read about twenty years ago, and with the point of which I was much tickled.
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