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as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
could hear the melodious sounds of the woodlands as winter gave way to spring
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as in symphonic
having a pleasing mixture of notes
a particularly melodious ringtone that was instantly recognizable
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Recent Examples of melodious
Zambrano’s sweet, melodious voice is beautifully complemented by Noreh’s velvety tones.
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025
People hurrying by spoke in melodious foreign languages.
—New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Music does in deed play a big role in the trailer, which shows off a rural Jim Crow Era South setting and sees Black people cutting loose in melodious and carnal celebration.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
Here's what to know about the city's annual melodious shindigs.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 14 June 2024
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Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 28 Feb. 2025
People hurrying by spoke in melodious foreign languages.
—New York Times, 9 Feb. 2025
Music does in deed play a big role in the trailer, which shows off a rural Jim Crow Era South setting and sees Black people cutting loose in melodious and carnal celebration.
—Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Jan. 2025
Here's what to know about the city's annual melodious shindigs.
—Audrey Gibbs, The Tennessean, 14 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for melodious
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If Byrne’s approach recalls that of Colors, Beck’s 2017 pop turn with Greg Kurstin, the touch here is lighter, with the multicultural rhythmic and melodic surprises that always brighten Byrne’s solo work.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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Alice Tully Hall Jazzman Etienne Charles tells the story of the neighborhood that Lincoln Center obliterated in a symphonic-scale quilt of Black American styles.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the Phygital Era, the old-fashioned managerial style must evolve from directive control to a symphonic orchestration of human and machine interaction.—
Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
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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
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The price point puts it in the upper set of shows, but still comes in far below the musical Just In Time, a biomusical about Bobby Darin and starring Jonathan Groff, which continues to sell well with an average ticket price of $214.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
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FiiO claims the result is a sonic presentation that combines technical accuracy with a sense of warmth and a natural flow that’s good for analytical listening as well as long musical sessions.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
9 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
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This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Joni Mitchell’s and Bruce Springsteen’s hits, for example, are simultaneously tuneful and rich with story.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
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McKitrick’s razor-wire guitar and the powerful rhythm section of Williams and Brymer, along with Martin’s vocals and in-your face lyrics, combine for songs that are confrontational, tumultuous and tuneful.—
Sean Clancy,
Arkansas Online,
26 June 2025
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If Byrne’s approach recalls that of Colors, Beck’s 2017 pop turn with Greg Kurstin, the touch here is lighter, with the multicultural rhythmic and melodic surprises that always brighten Byrne’s solo work.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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Breathwork Detox builds on this simplicity by guiding teams through rhythmic breathing patterns designed to trigger the parasympathetic nervous system, often called the body's rest-and-digest mode.—
Matthew Kayser,
USA Today,
29 Aug. 2025
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“Melodious.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/melodious. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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