What does trisyllabic mean?
Trisyllabic means having three syllables.
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/ˌtɹaɪ.sɪˈlæb.ɪk/ · adjective
having three syllables.
[…] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?
Use trisyllabic when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Trisyllabic means having three syllables.
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[…] how many nonelitist Americans can, without undue difficulty, read as many as a thousand consecutive words of small print, some of which may be trisyllabic?
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