apically
8.5
With the tip of the tongue, for example touching the area behind the top front teeth
- adverb
- /ˈeɪpɪkli/
- Specialized
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apicalmente
- The teacher explained that to pronounce the 't' sound apically, one should place the tip of the tongue against the roof of the mouth.
Examples
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In phonetics, apically articulated sounds involve the use of the tongue's tip to create distinct pronunciations.
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When learning to speak clearly, it's important to practice apically producing certain consonants like 'd' and 't' for better sound clarity.
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So if sound frequencies are broken up into a place code, low frequencies apically and higher and higher frequencies basically.
Surface Forms
apically positive
Morphology
Etymology
Apically comes from the word apex, which means 'tip'. In speech, doing something apically means you use the very tip of the tongue to make the sound, so the word tells you the 'tip' is doing the work.
