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"sense": "relating to motor faculties",
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"sense": "relating to motor faculties",
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"Based on repetition of a single note length."
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"(music, of a rhythm) Based on repetition of a single note length."
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"sense": "relating to motor faculties",
"word": "motories"
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"sense": "relating to motor faculties",
"word": "motorinen"
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"sense": "in music",
"word": "konemainen"
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