ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Assonantly

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adverb

Quick meaning: Assonantly is an adverb meaning In an assonant manner.

Meaning

In an assonant manner.

Example Sentences

Of rhymes in the fourteen lines there ought to be, if possible, four only, and not more than five used, though some of our poets, with Shakspere at their head, employ six, and even seven assonantly distributed closing sounds, a wide departure from the "Petrarchan Stanza."

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include inconsonantly, unconsonantly, consonantally, assentatorily, allophonically, dissonantly.

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