tonologically
/ˌtəʊnəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)li/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
6
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
In a tonological manner; with respect to tone.
Example Sentences
- "All of them influence tonologically the preceding noun in the same way: the qualified noun bears the A tonomorpheme."
- "[T]he fact that a lexically specifiable subgroup of etyma from within the whole group of *creaky phonation etyma split off tonologically is not surprising by itself, but rather the fact that the tonological outcome of such a development is one of blurred and opaque relationships within the resulting tone pattern."
- "In some cases, tenses keep this tone contrast, in others these tones are neutralized by either assigning tones to non-toned verb stems or by deleting tones, making all types of verb stems look the same tonologically speaking."
- "Derivative suffixes marked by an asterisk are tonologically flexible; they do not take a fixed tone but rather vary in their tonal behaviour in accordance with the tonal pattern of the verb stem."
Etymology
From tonological + -ly.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: tonological
- Suffix: -ly
Regional Pronunciation
- British English: /ˌtəʊnəˈlɒdʒɪk(ə)li/