prosodically

8.6

In a way that shows the rhythm, stress, and melody of speech

adverb
/prəˈsɒdɪkli/

Specialized

: prosódicamente

The production of weak syllables by young children is facilitated if these syllables can immediately follow and be prosodically organized with a preceding strong syllable.

Examples

The clitic was prosodically challenging because it constituted an initial weak syllable.

Academic text (2013)
When reading poetry, paying attention to how words are placed prosodically can enhance the overall rhythm.
Or so Swinburne's late remarks suggest; and prosodically, that is what Swinburne's hexameter line does.

Academic text (2016)
If children omitted the subject altogether, the clitic would be in a prosodically vulnerable (sentence-initial) position, but this vulnerability would apply equally to all three conditions.

Academic text (2013)
The teacher emphasized the importance of speaking prosodically to improve the clarity of her students' presentations.
In a language class, we learned how to group words prosodically to make our speech sound more natural.

Surface Forms

prosodically positive

Morphology

prosodically = prosodic (transparent) = prosody + ic + ally

Forming an adverb from the adjective 'prosodic' using the regular English adverbial suffix '-ally' is a standard, predictable derivation.

Etymology

The word prosodically comes from prosody, a word from Greek that you can remember as meaning 'song' or 'melody'. So, to do something prosodically is to pay attention to the 'song' of speech — its rhythm, stress, and intonation.