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having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
a sweetly melodic chant
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Recent Examples of melodic
There has never quite been a critical or scholarly consensus about them, but Bellini, whose music is suspended somewhere between Rossini’s precise brilliance and Donizetti’s rhetorical force, can move audiences with his melodic facility.
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Arya Roshanian, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
Where most conversations are half-silent, important figures in Rimbaud’s life are embodied by musical instruments, ranging from overbearing tubas to melodic strings, depending on who’s speaking and their place in the story.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 June 2026
Their charismatically blunt power is the punk heart underneath every one of these melodic, hummable earworms.
—Brendan Hay, SPIN, 2 June 2026
Who do these guys regard as music’s greatest melodic bass player?
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
There’s also a powerful multi-arpeggiator for creating complex rhythmic and melodic lines.
—Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 26 May 2026
The ballad’s main features include a basic verse/chorus structure, slow tempo, lyrical melodic lines, rich harmonies, and accompaniment that support those melodies.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 22 May 2026
The campaign unfolds as a romantic American pop star fantasy, where soft vintage femininity meets Western Americana and melodic storytelling.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Oklou shares the same melodic grace in her wandering arpeggios, and the spectral balearic timewarp of Torus’ Summer of Love samples Stockholm’s own Eric Prydz.
—Nathan Evans, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
Arya Roshanian, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2026
Where most conversations are half-silent, important figures in Rimbaud’s life are embodied by musical instruments, ranging from overbearing tubas to melodic strings, depending on who’s speaking and their place in the story.
—Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 2 June 2026
Their charismatically blunt power is the punk heart underneath every one of these melodic, hummable earworms.
—Brendan Hay, SPIN, 2 June 2026
Who do these guys regard as music’s greatest melodic bass player?
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2026
There’s also a powerful multi-arpeggiator for creating complex rhythmic and melodic lines.
—Terrence O'Brien, The Verge, 26 May 2026
The ballad’s main features include a basic verse/chorus structure, slow tempo, lyrical melodic lines, rich harmonies, and accompaniment that support those melodies.
—Angelica Frey, JSTOR Daily, 22 May 2026
The campaign unfolds as a romantic American pop star fantasy, where soft vintage femininity meets Western Americana and melodic storytelling.
—Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 13 May 2026
Oklou shares the same melodic grace in her wandering arpeggios, and the spectral balearic timewarp of Torus’ Summer of Love samples Stockholm’s own Eric Prydz.
—Nathan Evans, Pitchfork, 12 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodic
Adjective
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The lyrical direction of this record intrigued me.—
Hanif Abdurraqib,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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But the emotional gravity of this offering's deeply personal, melancholic lyrical content plucks an undeniably profound chord that uniquely separates it from the rest of his work.—
Chris Barilla,
PEOPLE,
29 May 2026
Adjective
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Unlike the rich, powerful qualities of a dramatic soprano, or the warm, singing tone of a lyric soprano, the coloratura soprano possesses a high range (to the second C above middle C and higher) and extreme agility.—
René Ostberg,
Encyclopedia Britannica,
26 May 2026
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In the end, Turn (W)here became largely a book of experimental and lyric essays, some framed as archival documents, passport stamps, and definitions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 May 2026
Adjective
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The new Broadway comedy made off with major hardware at the June 7 ceremony, winning four statuettes including best musical.—
Patrick Ryan,
USA Today,
8 June 2026
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The show, which justly received the Tony for best musical revival contained perhaps the season’s most seismic tour de force.—
Theater Critic,
Los Angeles Times,
8 June 2026
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