Phonic

a.

1.

Of or pertaining to sound; of the nature of sound; acoustic.

Adj.	1.	phonic - pertaining to the phonic method of teaching reading
	2.	phonic - relating to speech
	3.	phonic - of or relating to speech sounds; "phonetic transcription" Synonyms: phonetic

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