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quantitatively

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quan·ti·ta·tive  (kwnt-ttv)
adj.
1.
a. Expressed or expressible as a quantity.
b. Of, relating to, or susceptible of measurement.
c. Of or relating to number or quantity.
2. Of or relating to a metrical system based on the duration of syllables rather than on stress. Used especially of classical Greek and Latin verse.
[Medieval Latin quantittvus, from Latin quantits, quantitt-, quantity, from quantus, how great; see quantity.]
quanti·tative·ly adv.
quanti·tative·ness n.
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Adv.1.quantitatively - in a quantitative manner; "this can be expressed quantitatively"
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quantitatively [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪvlɪ] ADV → cuantitativamente
quantitatively [ˈkwɒntɪtətɪvlɪ] adv → quantitativamente
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We have seen that Anglo-Saxon verse depended on regular stress of a definite number of quantitatively long syllables in each line and on alliteration; that it allowed much variation in the number of unstressed syllables; and that it was without rime.
A History of English Literature by Fletcher, Robert Huntington View in context
 
 
 
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