Definition of "monosyllables" []

• Plural form of monosyllable. (noun)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

• "His replies are grunted in monosyllables, and his face is set in superlative sourness."
• "To his father's direct questions he answered in monosyllables, as, for instance, when asked where he had picked up the deer."
• "They spoke in monosyllables and short jerky sentences that was more a gibberish than a language."