as in lyrical
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
a sweetly melodic chant
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Recent Examples of melodic
His flow, while indeed reminiscent of Max B, has its own melodic pocket that could easily fit in the context of jazz or pop music.
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Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Tintinnabuli was inspired, in part, by Pärt’s interest in much earlier styles of Christian music, including Gregorian chant – the single-voice singing of Roman Catholicism – and Renaissance polyphony, which weaves together multiple melodic lines.
—Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
The last two Gojira albums, 2016’s Magma and 2021’s Fortitude, saw the band go in a more melodic direction without abandoning their sharp groove metal riffs.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The result is a melodic and atmospheric piece based on a hip-hop aesthetic with the romantic touch that characterizes Meme’s lyrics.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
Steinbeck ties these themes together with a musical motif, employing melodic language to express Kino’s emotional world and his relationships with others.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
The dialogue for me is really great, melodic, and interesting.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 12 Sep. 2025
Tintinnabuli was inspired, in part, by Pärt’s interest in much earlier styles of Christian music, including Gregorian chant – the single-voice singing of Roman Catholicism – and Renaissance polyphony, which weaves together multiple melodic lines.
—Jeffers Engelhardt, The Conversation, 10 Sep. 2025
A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 31 Aug. 2025
The last two Gojira albums, 2016’s Magma and 2021’s Fortitude, saw the band go in a more melodic direction without abandoning their sharp groove metal riffs.
—Quentin Thane Singer, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
The result is a melodic and atmospheric piece based on a hip-hop aesthetic with the romantic touch that characterizes Meme’s lyrics.
—Natalia Cano, Billboard, 22 Aug. 2025
Steinbeck ties these themes together with a musical motif, employing melodic language to express Kino’s emotional world and his relationships with others.
—Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 8 Aug. 2025
The dialogue for me is really great, melodic, and interesting.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 6 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodic
Adjective
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For three-quarters of its pages, the book reads like a paean to dope, a lyrical testament to the transcendent bliss of the first time using, and to the futile effort to recapture it.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The American academy has been far more used to a confessionalistic, even solipsistic style in its lyric poetry.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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The lyric change brought immediate screams inside Estadio River Plate and across the Swift world.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The arrival ceremony is followed by a private luncheon, a chapel visit, and a musical performance.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
17 Sep. 2025
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Alongside their journey to K-pop stardom was a Chinese American kid named Kenny, who barely spoke Korean at the time but dreamed of becoming a musical artist.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Melodic.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodic. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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