monosyllabic

[US]/ˌmɒnə(ʊ)sɪ'læbɪk/
[UK]/ˌmɑnəsɪ'læbɪk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. consisting of only one syllable; (of speech) brief and blunt

Example Sentences

it is important to avoid monosyllabic answers.

monosyllabic replies, such as ‘yes’ and ‘no’

He would give only monosyllabic replies, such as “Yes” and “No”.

She speaks in a monosyllabic manner.

Learning monosyllabic words can help improve pronunciation.

He prefers using monosyllabic words in his writing.

The teacher asked the students to identify monosyllabic words in the text.

Monosyllabic names are easy to remember.

The toddler's speech is mostly monosyllabic at this stage.

The poem is composed of mostly monosyllabic words.

Monosyllabic languages tend to have simpler phonetic structures.

In some languages, monosyllabic words can have multiple meanings.

The monosyllabic nature of the language makes it easy to learn.

Real-world Examples

I'm talking to you...in short, monosyllabic sentences laced with disdain and contempt.

Source: Grey's Anatomy Season 2

Now, this is monosyllabic, remember monosyllabic is basically words with one syllable so like my name Gabriella.

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

He whittled and listened, gave monosyllabic replies, and, when it was asked, terse advice.

Source: The Call of the Wild

Their monosyllabic pronunciations can be rendered in Roman letters using a system called pinyin.

Source: The Economist - China

And the monosyllabic choice of words, capture the monotonous doom and dread he feels.

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

And there are words that are monosyllabic single syllable words and words that are polysyllabic.

Source: British English pronunciation teaching

Look at the monosyllabic language in lines bowed my head, this could be interpreted two different ways.

Source: Appreciation of English Poetry

The language of the great apes is a combination of monosyllabic gutturals, amplified by gestures and signs.

Source: Son of Mount Tai (Part 1)

It was that in which Harry Montague, after a sad, almost monosyllabic scene of parting with Miss Dyas, bade her good-bye, and turned to go.

Source: The Age of Innocence (Part One)

I made some attempts to draw her into conversation, but she seemed a person of few words: a monosyllabic reply usually cut short every effort of that sort.

Source: Jane Eyre (Original Version)

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