adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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He grunted monosyllabic responses to questions.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Flies with fast clipped wingbeats, always uttering its shrill, monosyllabic screech.
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He made monosyllabic replies and then repeated his request for a small bowl of harees.
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In the corridor there were orders given and monosyllabic assents.
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Intensive training is making many activists a trifle monosyllabic .
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Muriel inquired after their day and received polite but monosyllabic replies from each of them.
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The assumption that each character represents an independent meaningful syllable leads to the conclusion that each character represents a monosyllabic word.
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These monosyllabic roots are the building blocks of the language.