adjective
1. of or pertaining to accent or stress
• Pertains to noun: ↑accent
• Derivationally related forms: ↑accent
2. (of verse) having a metric system based on stress rather than syllables or quantity
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accentual poetry is based on the number of stresses in a line
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accentual rhythm
• Ant: ↑quantitative, ↑syllabic
• Derivationally related forms: ↑accent
Useful english dictionary. 2012.