adj.
- Of, relating to, or consisting of a syllable or syllables.
- Pronounced with every syllable distinct.
- Linguistics. Designating a sound that is or can be the most sonorant segment of a syllable, as a vowel or a resonant. In the word riddle (rĭd'l), the two syllabic sounds are the (i˘) and the (l).
- Of or being a form of verse based on the number of syllables in a line rather than on the arrangement of accents or quantities.
A syllabic sound.
[Medieval Latin syllabicus, from Greek sullabikos, from sullabē, syllable. See syllable.]
syllabically syl·lab'i·cal·ly adv.
