enclitically

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

enclitic +‎ -ally

Adverb[edit]

enclitically (comparative more enclitically, superlative most enclitically)

  1. In an enclitic manner; by throwing the accent back.
    • 1791, John Walker, Critical Pronouncing Dictionary:
      it is not pronounced enclitically like omnipotence

References[edit]

“enclitically”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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