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ame·lod·ic | \ (ˈ)ā-mə-ˈlä-dik 
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\Definition of amelodic
: not relating to, containing, constituting, or made up of melody : not melodic
The tension is augmented by Jan Radzynski's score, a taut, deliberately amelodic piece for two violins that often approximate the sounds made by a nest of disturbed hornets.— Joseph H. Mazo, Women’s Wear Daily, 21 Apr. 1980
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amelodically \ (ˈ)ā-mə-ˈlä-di-k(ə-)lē \ adverb
\ adverb
Then, as the theatergoers arrived, he began to play amelodically, as if tuning his instrument. — Mark Singer, Mr. Personality, (1988) 2005
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