Anapaestic and Dactylic

Anapaestic

Anapaestic adjective - (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.
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Dactylic and anapaestic are semantically related. In some cases you can replace term "Dactylic" with "Anapaestic", this adjectives are similar.

Dactylic

Dactylic adjective - Of or consisting of dactyls.
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Anapaestic and dactylic are semantically related. Sometimes you can replace term "Anapaestic" with "Dactylic", this adjectives are similar.

Nearby Word: dactyl
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