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accentual
ac·cen·tu·al [ ak sénchoo əl ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
1. of accent: involving or associated with accent or stress
2. based on stress: employing a structure based on the number of stresses in a poetic line instead of the number of syllables.
See also  syllabicn

ac·cen·tu·al·ly adverb
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