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accentual meaning and definition

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ACCENTUAL adjective

Definition of accentual (adjective)

  1. of or pertaining to accent or stress
  2. (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
    • "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm"
    • antonym: quantitative
Source: Princeton University Wordnet

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