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asyndetic
adjective
language specializeduk /ˌæs.ɪnˈdet.ɪk/ us /ˌæs.ənˈdet̬.ɪk/
showing or relating to asyndeton(= the act of missing out conjunctions between words or parts of a sentence):
"They come to the city seeking wealth, power, fame," said the speaker, using an asyndetic turn of phrase.
An asyndetic coordination is a construction that has no conjunction between the components when one is usually there, as in "I came, I saw, I conquered."
The famed mystery author writes gritty noir stories with short, asyndetic sentences that give them a staccato rhythm.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Ways of speaking
accented
accentual
accentuation
aitch
articulate
asperity
asyndetically
asyndeton
bray
fluent
intone
mispronounce
non-verbal
non-verbally
orthoepy
paralanguage
pragmatics
pronounce
singsong
toned
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