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onomatopoeically
adverb
language specializeduk /ˌɒn.əˌmæt.əˈpiː.ɪ.kəl.i/ us /ˌɑː.noʊˌmɑːt̬.oʊˈpiː.ɪ.kəl.i/
in a way that relates to onomatopoeia(= the act of creating or using words that include sounds that are similar to the noises the words refer to):
Another name for the bird, the peewit, onomatopoeically conveys its call.
All the invented creatures in the story have onomatopoeically derived names.
She has a very distinctive singing style in which the words create a mood onomatopoeically.
The poet onomatopoeically uses language that does not usually have an onomatopoeic function.
I've always liked the word "murmur", as it works so well onomatopoeically.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
Linguistics: phonology & phonetics
accommodation
alliterative
alveolar
apheresis
aphesis
assonance
diphthong
homonym
intrusive
labial
labialize
labiodental
postconsonantal
retroflex
retroflexion
rhotic
rhyme
the International Phonetic Alphabet
unpronounceable
unrepeatable
Related word
onomatopoeic
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