adverb
- in a manner relating to prosody, the patterns of rhythm, stress, and intonation in language
Usage: linguistics; technical
Examples
- The poem was analyzed prosodically to understand its meter.
- She spoke prosodically, emphasizing certain syllables for effect.
- The linguist examined how the sentence was structured prosodically.
- Different languages organize stress prosodically in unique ways.
- The actor delivered his lines prosodically to match the verse pattern.
- Prosodically speaking, this dialect has distinctive intonation patterns.