pentasyllabically

From pentasyllabic +‎ -ally.

• enPR: pĕntəsĭlăbʹĭkli, IPA^(key): /pɛntəsɪlˈabɪkli/

pentasyllabically (not comparable)

1. (rare) In five syllables.
   • 1928 April, Cecil Forsyth, “A Musical Examination-Paper on Spengler’s ‘The Decline of the West’” (pages 155–157), in Oscar George Theodore Sonneck, editor, The Musical Quarterly, volume XIV, № 2, New York (3 East 43d Street): G. Schirmer, Inc., →JSTOR, page 155:

     Explain pentasyllabically why the pre-Praxitelean polychromatic plastic was opposed to polyphony.