adjective · rare

continuant

continuant · more continuant · most continuant

Continuing; prolonged; sustainedContinuing; prolonged; sustained.

Meaning

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of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’)

more continuant, most continuant

Comparative	more continuant Lesson
Superlative	most continuant Lesson

regular

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Close in meaning

of speech sounds produced by forcing air through a constricted passage (as ‘f’, ‘s’, ‘z’, or ‘th’ in both ‘thin’ and ‘then’):fricative sibilant spirant strident

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