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pho·net·ic  (f-ntk)
adj.
1. Of or relating to phonetics.
2. Representing the sounds of speech with a set of distinct symbols, each designating a single sound: phonetic spelling.
3. Of, relating to, or being features of pronunciation that are not phonemically distinctive in a language, as aspiration of consonants or vowel length in English.

[New Latin phnticus, representing speech sounds, from Greek phntikos, vocal, from phntos, to be spoken, from phnein, to produce a sound, from phn, sound, voice; see bh-2 in Indo-European roots.]

pho·neti·cal adj.
pho·neti·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.phonetically - by phonetics; "phonetically realized"
Translations
phonetically [fəʊˈnetɪkəlɪ] ADVfonéticamente
phonetically [fəˈnɛtɪkəli] adv [spell] → phonétiquement
phonetically [fəˈnɛtɪklɪ] advfoneticamente
phonetically [fəˈnɛtɪklɪ] advfoneticamente


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An honest and natural slum dialect is more tolerable than the attempt of a phonetically untaught person to imitate the vulgar dialect of the golf club; and I am sorry to say that in spite of the efforts of our Academy of Dramatic Art, there is still too much sham golfing English on our stage, and too little of the noble English of Forbes Robertson.
 
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