polysyllabically

pol·y·syl·lab·ic

 (pŏl′ē-sĭ-lăb′ĭk)
adj.
1. Having more than two and usually more than three syllables.
2. Characterized by words having more than three syllables.
pol′y·syl·lab′i·cal·ly adv.
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Adv.1.polysyllabically - in a polysyllabic manner
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References in periodicals archive
How socially significant is it to opine polysyllabically about the need to expand "the canon" when only the wealthiest boys and girls in this country have any awareness of--and thus any access to--music within any canon except the most commercial?
Letters to the Editor
Last July 12, he himself announced that he was going into the hospital for "tests and analyses." Three days later, he had a four-hour operation that was fully and polysyllabically reported upon.
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