accentual

adjective

ac·cen·tu·al | \ak-ˈsen(t)-sh(ə-)wəl,

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Definition of accentual

: of, relating to, or characterized by accent specifically : based on accent rather than on quantity or syllabic recurrence accentual poetry

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