reduplicatively
/rɪˈduːplɪkətɪvli/
adverb
- In a way that repeats or doubles something, especially by repeating a word or part of a word.
- The child spoke reduplicatively, saying 'bye-bye' and 'night-night'.
- In the poem, the sound of the rain was described reduplicatively as 'pitter-patter'.
- The teacher explained that some languages form plurals reduplicatively by repeating the noun.
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