Accentual Definition & Meaning
accentual
- adjective
- of or pertaining to accent or stress
- (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"
"Accentual" in song lyrics
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"syllabic accentual"
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Words that rhyme with accentual
Usage tips for "accentual"
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