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Synonyms for accentual

Adjective

1. accentual
usage: of or pertaining to accent or stress
2. accentual (vs. quantitative) (vs. syllabic)
usage: (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity; "accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line"; "accentual rhythm"
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