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US
/əˈɫɪtɝˌeɪtɪv, əˈɫɪtɝətɪv/
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[ UK /ɐlˈɪtəɹətˌɪv/ ]
[ UK /ɐlˈɪtəɹətˌɪv/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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having the same consonant at the beginning of each stressed syllable
alliterative verse
How To Use alliterative In A Sentence
- Or any one of several other alliteratively animalian avenues? Globe and Mail
- Once I chased the rainbow's end on horseback" he writes in another alliteratively-titled poem, "Exercise in Excess" and there is something of that quest in many pieces of work, the rainbow being poetry itself. Archive 2010-02-01
- Other favorite words in shampoo promotion were the shimmering and alliterative shine and sheen, which along with silky reminded consumers that hair mucked up by soap scum was now a thing of the past. The English Is Coming!
- Of course, being the first story arc after the One More Day silliness, this arc is going to have to live up to some stringent standards, like whether this story's quality was contingent upon it being a single Spider-Man (which is questionable, as the best aspects of this comic were the old-fashioned superhero stuff and the return of the supporting cast - neither of which hinged on Peter being married) and forcing the new potential love interest to be compared instantly to Mary Jane, which is a tough comparison for a new character, although Carlie Cooper hold up pretty well, I think (she even has an alliterative name!) as the nerdy, yet attractive, police scientist roommate/best friend of Harry Osborn's new girlfriend. The Amazing Spider-Man #546-548 Review | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources
- The poems are alliterative, disjunctive, unpunctuated, fabular, and also political, based as they are on maps (thus, ‘Legend’) and their borders and flags.
- In the course of an hour this guy must have spoken 42,000 words, many thousand being Shakespeare quotes and alliterative adjectives describing his philosophy, his past as an actor and his experiences as a WWII British navy man.
- I asked them to write two sentences of alliterative art criticism.
- I'm just back from a blog break (after taking courses in alliterative prose ... just kidding). Still here ...
- `Parsifal" became alliterative in his self-condemnation, the words `treachery", `treason", `turncoat" and `traitor" frequently on his lips. LOHENGRIN
- Her campaign slogan, "a president for the people", was pleasantly alliterative but empty.