iambically

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adverb

According to iambic meter.

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Meanings

adverbiambically (comparative more iambically, superlative most iambically)

comparative more iambically · superlative most iambically

  1. According to iambic meter.

    First, English phrases tend to open iambically on an unstressed word (article, preposition, or conjunction), as with The rising world and the waters in the line before us.

    2001, David Keppel-Jones, The strict metrical tradition, page 27

Origin

From iambic + -ally, or iambical + -ly.

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APA

iambically. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iambically

MLA

“iambically.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iambically. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “iambically,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/iambically.

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