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- noun Plural form of
monosyllable .
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Examples
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At rare intervals, when necessary, they addressed each other in monosyllables, Kama, for the most part, contenting himself with grunts.
Chapter IV 2010
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To his father's direct questions he answered in monosyllables, as, for instance, when asked where he had picked up the deer.
Chapter II 2010
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They spoke in monosyllables and short jerky sentences that was more a gibberish than a language.
Page 9 2010
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His replies are grunted in monosyllables, and his face is set in superlative sourness.
CHAPTER XX 2010
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In a nervous society of foreigners who protect themselves from any interchange with Mexicans other than the minimum required to communicate in monosyllables with the maid and the gardener?
Please Tell My Why 2002
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Two gruff voices replied in monosyllables, and there was a scraping of chairs and jingling of spurs, as the two horsemen placed themselves at the table.
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Spoken to, she replied in monosyllables in a carefully sweet tone.
Tish 1916
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His replies are grunted in monosyllables, and his face is set in superlative sourness.
Chapter 20 1914
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They spoke in monosyllables and short jerky sentences that was more a gibberish than a language.
The Scarlet Plague 1912
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Gudmund smiled at her enthusiasm, but answered only in monosyllables, as though he did not exactly follow her.
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