polysyllabically

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English

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Etymology

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polysyllabic +‎ -ally

Adverb

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polysyllabically (comparative more polysyllabically, superlative most polysyllabically)

  1. In a polysyllabic way.
    • 2008 June 20, David Brooks, “The Two Obamas”, in New York Times‎[1]:
      He speaks so calmly and polysyllabically that people fail to appreciate the Machiavellian ambition inside.
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