monosyllabically

adv

monosyllabically

adv

Etymology From monosyllabic + -ally.

1

In single syllables.

  • He was moody all day, answering questions monosyllabically and refusing to join our games.
  • To put that monosyllabically: it’s not my fault what Mark Scout does when he is not at work. It’s yours.2025, Dan Erickson, “The After Hours” (28:58 from the start), in Severance, season 2, episode 9, spoken by Seth Milchick (Tramell Tillman), via Apple TV+:

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