adj.
- Of or relating to accent.
- Based on stress accents: accentual rhythm; accentual verse.
[From Latin accentus, accent. See accent.]
accentually ac·cen'tu·al·ly adv.
accentual
Dictionary:
ac·cen·tu·al (ăk-sĕn'chū-əl) 
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adj.
| WordNet: accentual |
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The adjective has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
of or pertaining to accent or stress
Pertains to noun: accent (meaning #4)
Meaning #2:
(of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
Antonyms: quantitative (meaning #3), syllabic (meaning #3)
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