iambically

English

Etymology

From iambic +‎ -ally, or iambical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

iambically (comparative more iambically, superlative most iambically)

1. According to iambic meter.
   • 2001, David Keppel-Jones, The strict metrical tradition, page 27:

     First, English phrases tend to open iambically on an unstressed word (article, preposition, or conjunction), as with The rising world and the waters in the line before us.