accentual

accentual
accentuality, n.accentually, adv.
/ak sen"chooh euhl/, adj.
1. of or pertaining to accent or stress.
2. Pros. of or pertaining to poetry based on the number of stresses, as distinguished from poetry depending on the number of syllables or quantities.
[1600-10; < L accentu(s) (see ACCENT) + -AL1]

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