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contrapuntally

con·tra·pun·tal
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [kon-truh-puhn-tl]
    • /ˌkɒn trəˈpʌn tl/
    • /kˌɒntrəpˈʌntəli/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kon-truh-puhn-tl]
    • /ˌkɒn trəˈpʌn tl/

Definitions of contrapuntally word

  • adjective contrapuntally of or relating to counterpoint. 1
  • adjective contrapuntally composed of two or more relatively independent melodies sounded together. 1
  • noun contrapuntally In a contrapuntal manner. 1
See all 3 definitions of contrapuntally

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Origin of contrapuntally

First appearance:

before 1835
One of the 34% newest English words
1835-45; < Italian contrappunt(o) + -al1. See counterpoint

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Parts of speech for Contrapuntally

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Contrapuntally

contrapuntally popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data most of word are more popular. This word is almost not used. It has a much more popular synonym.

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