DICTIONARY ENTRY
4 SYLLABLES
amphiboly
/æm'fɪbəli/ · æmfɪbəli
Amphiboly has 4 syllables: am · phib · o · ly.
am
01
phib
02
o
03
ly
04
noun. An ambiguous grammatical construction; e.g., `they are flying planes' can mean either that someone is flying planes or that something is flying planes.
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