assonantly en · ADV
Etymology
From assonant + -ly.
Meanings
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In an assonant manner.
Of rhymes in the fourteen lines there ought to be, if possible, four only, and not more than five used, though some of our poets, with Shakspere at their head, employ six, and even seven assonantly distributed closing sounds, a wide departure from the "Petrarchan Stanza."
1867, “The sonnets of Milton”, in The British Controversialist and Literary Magazine, page 69:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most assonantly | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more assonantly | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Translations (1)
pl asonansowo (Translations)