Anapestic
Anapestic adjective - (of a metric foot) characterized by two short syllables followed by a long one.
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Synonyms for Anapestic
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- lyrical and anapestic
- lyrical and dactylic
- melodious and anapestic
- melodious and dactylic
- tuneful and anapestic
- tuneful and dactylic
- poetic and anapestic
- poetic and dactylic
- romantic and anapestic
- romantic and dactylic
- idyllic and anapestic
- idyllic and dactylic
- imaginative and anapestic
- imaginative and dactylic
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Dactylic and Anapestic. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/anapestic/dactylic
Anapestic & Dactylic. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/anapestic/dactylic>.
Dactylic or Anapestic. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/anapestic/dactylic.
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