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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue)..
7 June 1820, Lord Byron, a letter to Mr. Murray written from Ravenna Mrs. Hemans is a poet also, but too stiltified and apostrophic, […]
The approach itself is apostrophic; or, if a more canonical term is required, it is phenomenological.
All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: “Fie on’t! O fie!”; […]
Use apostrophic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Apostrophic means (rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
7 June 1820, Lord Byron, a letter to Mr. Murray written from Ravenna Mrs. Hemans is a poet also, but too stiltified and apostrophic, […]
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