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as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
the musical sounds of the babbling brook
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as in symphonic
having a pleasing mixture of notes
the song of the skylark has been celebrated for being especially musical
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as in comedy
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Recent Examples of musical
Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Ner Tamid that included some music cut from the original musical.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Now celebrating its 29th anniversary, Chicago remains Broadway’s longest-running American musical.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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Adjective
The festival sparked two documentaries and a comedic musical is now in the works, starring singer Rita Ora.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025
Ner Tamid that included some music cut from the original musical.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 16 Sep. 2025
Noun
My youngest son, who’s only 10, seems to be the most musical.
—Simon Vozick-Levinson, Rolling Stone, 21 Oct. 2025
Now celebrating its 29th anniversary, Chicago remains Broadway’s longest-running American musical.
—Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical
Adjective
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Through his music, Carrillo transforms personal anguish into empowering anthems, elevating moments of silence into rich, melodic soundscapes and celebrating the beauty of struggle itself.—
Jessica Roiz,
Billboard,
17 Oct. 2025
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On Hyperdrama, the clash between melodic sweetness and rhythmic violence feels sharper than ever.—
Alma Rota,
Rolling Stone,
14 Oct. 2025
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Cargile is a composer and 2019 Sundance Fellow known for his symphonic pieces Creation of the Universe (2003) and Audacity of Hope (2009).—
Kimberly Nordyke,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Oct. 2025
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Boy songs with a symphonic element of some kind.—
Maya Georgi,
Rolling Stone,
22 Oct. 2025
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Marking her third appearance on the NBC sketch comedy show, Carpenter served as celebrity guest host and musical guest on this weekend’s Saturday Night Live, also performing her song ‘Manchild’.—
Glenn Garner,
Deadline,
19 Oct. 2025
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Sure, but this Megan Fox/Amanda Seyfried black comedy is a cult classic for very good reason.—
Emma Specter,
Vogue,
19 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Music, instrumental or lyrical, should hover just around normal conversational levels (around 60 to 70 decibels, according to the Hearing Health Foundation).—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The result is short, lyrical narratives that aim to be enjoyable, uplifting, and emotionally instructive.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
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At the juncture between postwar noir and golden-age melodrama is Billy Wilder’s Sunset Boulevard, a saturnine elegy to a lost Hollywood of the silent era, when faces and charisma were more desirable than voices or talent.—
Erik Morse,
Vogue,
23 Oct. 2025
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Regretting You is a similarly ridiculous and overwrought slice of melodrama, leavened with strange moments of comedy that leave you wondering if the whole thing isn’t some kind of bizarre art project, an elaborate, camp parody of the very notion of romantic literature itself.—
Damon Wise,
Deadline,
22 Oct. 2025
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But for many of Swift’s fans, ponying up must feel simultaneously pleasurable and obligatory—just like paying to attend Life of a Showgirl movie screenings that mostly consisted of lyric videos.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
10 Oct. 2025
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The 89-minute big-screen event was a mix of music videos, behind-the-scenes footage and a series of lyric videos for tracks on her new album.—
Pamela McClintock,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Oct. 2025
Noun
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This was the run that was supposed to make up for that tragicomedy of errors.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The longtime friends put their chemistry to good use in the latest revival of Samuel Beckett's tragicomedy.—
Shania Russell,
Entertainment Weekly,
29 Sep. 2025
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The casting news a month after Deadline reported that Wilson, 45, would write, direct, produce and star in the new musical comedy.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Recently launching a new musical comedy podcast called Mom Said!—
Matt Grobar,
Deadline,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.
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