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monosyllabic

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mon·o·syl·lab·ic  (mn-s-lbk)
adj.
1. Having only one syllable.
2. Characterized by or consisting of monosyllables.

mono·syl·labic·al·ly adv.
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Adj.1.monosyllabicmonosyllabic - having or characterized by or consisting of one syllable
syllabic - consisting of a syllable or syllables
Translations

monosyllabic [mɔnɔsɪˈlæbɪk] adjmonosílabo
monosyllabic [mɔnəsɪˈlæbɪk] adjmonosyllabique; [person] → laconique
monosyllabic [mɔnəsɪˈlæbɪk] adjeinsilbig
monosyllabic [mɔnəsɪˈlæbɪk] adjmonosillabico/a; [person] → che parla a monosillabi


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It was that in which Harry Montague, after a sad, almost monosyllabic scene of parting with Miss Dyas, bade her good-bye, and turned to go.
If the truth must be told, even Mr Swiveller's approaches to the single gentleman were of a very distant kind, and met with small encouragement; but, as he never returned from a monosyllabic conference with the unknown, without quoting such expressions as
One man, hearing that he had studied art in Paris, and fancying himself on his taste, tried to discuss art with him; but Philip was impatient of views which did not agree with his own; and, finding quickly that the other's ideas were conventional, grew monosyllabic.
 
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