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having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
a sweetly melodic chant
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Recent Examples of melodic
Lopatin used fast, percussive strikes to keep the score melodic, incorporating mallet strikes to mirror the ping-pong balls.
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Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
Until the 1870s, Shaker music was monophonic, with a single melodic line sung in unison and without instrumental accompaniment.
—Christian Goodwillie, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
The result is a collection of songs that feel like diary entries set to rhythm—raw, melodic confessions wrapped in the warmth of her unmistakable voice.
—Essence, 4 Dec. 2025
At a time when Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, and Cervantes were weaving verbal spells upon the stage, music must have seemed a superfluous addition—just as, in England, the mighty lines of Marlowe and Shakespeare hardly cried out for melodic elaboration.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Live, the band’s cataclysmic volume precludes close observation, and melodic detail succumbs to feedback like dust caught in an exploding star’s stratosphere.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2025
The 306-page book use solos by Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis and other jazz immortals to provide melodic and rhythmic vocabularies for improvisation.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
The Afropop star captures the intoxicating thrill of fame and late-night festivities with his melodic bravado, while SirBastien’s guitar solo on the outro further highlights Taves’ moment in the spotlight.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2025
In Pop’s eyes, the White Stripes channeled Detroit’s vintage rock sound with a modern, melodic twist.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 26 Dec. 2025
Until the 1870s, Shaker music was monophonic, with a single melodic line sung in unison and without instrumental accompaniment.
—Christian Goodwillie, The Conversation, 22 Dec. 2025
The result is a collection of songs that feel like diary entries set to rhythm—raw, melodic confessions wrapped in the warmth of her unmistakable voice.
—Essence, 4 Dec. 2025
At a time when Lope de Vega, Calderón de la Barca, and Cervantes were weaving verbal spells upon the stage, music must have seemed a superfluous addition—just as, in England, the mighty lines of Marlowe and Shakespeare hardly cried out for melodic elaboration.
—Alex Ross, New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2025
Live, the band’s cataclysmic volume precludes close observation, and melodic detail succumbs to feedback like dust caught in an exploding star’s stratosphere.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 28 Nov. 2025
The 306-page book use solos by Coltrane, Sonny Rollins, Louis Armstrong, Sarah Vaughan, Miles Davis and other jazz immortals to provide melodic and rhythmic vocabularies for improvisation.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2025
The Afropop star captures the intoxicating thrill of fame and late-night festivities with his melodic bravado, while SirBastien’s guitar solo on the outro further highlights Taves’ moment in the spotlight.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 26 Nov. 2025
In Pop’s eyes, the White Stripes channeled Detroit’s vintage rock sound with a modern, melodic twist.
—Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 9 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodic
Adjective
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The San Bernardino band is a pioneer of the subgenre, which blends the traditional instrumentation of Mexican folk balladry with elements of American trap music, namely its beats and the gritty lyrical content that deals with matters of moving contraband, turf wars and endless hustle.—
Andrea Flores
Jan. 8,
Los Angeles Times,
8 Jan. 2026
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But Parton's heartfelt and lyrical promise also has a long history with the King of Rock 'n' Roll, Elvis Presley.—
Bob Mehr,
Memphis Commercial Appeal,
6 Jan. 2026
Adjective
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Levinson has cited David Wojnarowicz’s haunted, unflinching writing on the AIDS crisis as an influence, and the lyric sheet is littered with pets and prayers and names of friends, giving their music the feeling of a community being preserved in song.—
Sam Sodomsky,
Pitchfork,
7 Jan. 2026
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Apple Music uploaded Dolby Atmos versions of Reputation on the streaming platform, and many eagle-eyed Swifties had noticed that there were two lyric changes on the song list.—
Lea Veloso,
StyleCaster,
12 Dec. 2025
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The musical movies have received critical acclaim, and the second film earned five total nominations at this year's Globes — one more than the 2025 Golden Globes.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
7 Jan. 2026
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Other late-night shows have similarly reduced their musical acts in recent years.—
David Matthews,
Mercury News,
7 Jan. 2026
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“Melodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodic. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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