adv. rare. [L. syllabātim (Cicero), f. syllaba SYLLABLE, after gradātim.] By syllables; syllable by syllable.
1628. J. Mead, in Crt. & Times Chas. I. (1848), I. 344. He … examined every one syllabatim by the records.
1668. H. More, Div. Dial., II. 337. To tell you syllabatim in the words of any Language what they naturally signifie.
1791–1823. D’Israeli, Cur. Lit. (1866), 550/2. Mr. Littleton said, that he had examined every one syllabatim.
