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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
Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Even the band is a revelation, conducted and led on keyboards by the theater’s year-round music director Adam Souza, a chameleonic musical presence who understands the oomp of this score.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
This 2012 musical is based on the movie starring the late Whitney Houston and is filled with her hits.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 4 Mar. 2026
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Adjective
The show follows a couple who accidentally wander into Schmigadoon, a town where every day is a musical and the only bridge to escape leads to nowhere.
—Caroline Killilea, PEOPLE, 3 May 2026
Even the band is a revelation, conducted and led on keyboards by the theater’s year-round music director Adam Souza, a chameleonic musical presence who understands the oomp of this score.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 3 May 2026
Noun
The studio is also developing a new musical from Turning Red director Domee Shi as well as a project called Ono Ghost Market.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 7 Mar. 2026
This 2012 musical is based on the movie starring the late Whitney Houston and is filled with her hits.
—Jim Higgins, jsonline.com, 4 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical
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With her relentlessly melodic fourth album, Maitreya Corso (out today), Maya Hawke is starting to establish a sonic lane of her own, combining Aimee Mann-level musicality with hyper-literate, polygraph-test confessional lyrics.—
Brian Hiatt,
Rolling Stone,
1 May 2026
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Staccato right here, melodic right here.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
28 Apr. 2026
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Through the orchestra’s Keeping Score project − an initiative that includes documentaries, an education program and more, − Tilson Thomas introduced millions of viewers and students to symphonic music via public television and classrooms across the state, according to the San Francisco Symphony.—
Natalie Neysa Alund,
USA Today,
23 Apr. 2026
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These five symphonic songs are set to poetry by Ukrainian poet Lina Kostenko.—
Flora Bigham,
ABC News,
19 Apr. 2026
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In the 2026 Netflix comedy-thriller How to Get to Heaven from Belfast, Irish is used as a private code, deployed in front of an English speaker who cannot understand it.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
4 May 2026
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Because floaty comedy is easier for people to take.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
4 May 2026
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On Witness And Respair by Jesmyn Ward Jesmyn Ward reflects on over a decade of life and writing, exploring her upbringing in rural Mississippi, literary influences, and personal tragedies with hauntingly lyrical prose.—
Kait Hanson,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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Uncertainty, ambivalence, confusion, and delusion—the musical statements on Middle of Nowhere are confident and cohesive, but Musgrave’s lyrical point of view seems to blow hither and yon from song to song.—
Molly Mary O’Brien,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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There’s something about it that rages and burns, especially among young women who process their emotions through melody and melodrama.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
28 Apr. 2026
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The film is described as a psychological melodrama with almost supernatural overtones, suspended between musical backstage, ghost story, and a toxic relationship between two brilliant women who know each other too well.—
Maddalena Gomez,
Vanity Fair,
27 Apr. 2026
Adjective
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Over the top of these more ragged edges, Llobet takes a pointillistic approach to lyric writing, favoring half-thoughts and dreamy images that coalesce into a picture of unsettled anxiety.—
Colin Joyce,
Pitchfork,
1 May 2026
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The education division of Maker Park Radio, a nonprofit streaming station based in Stapleton, offers courses on vinyl, hip-hop lyric writing, live remixing, and intro to music production and sampling.—
The Editors,
Curbed,
16 Apr. 2026
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It’s presented as dramatic dialogue, or maybe as absurdist tragicomedy.—
Hua Hsu,
New Yorker,
20 Apr. 2026
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That’s a strong hook, but Thai filmmaker Ratchapoom Boonbunchachoke is just getting started with an erotic political tragicomedy that, like a Roomba, is forever veering off in unexpected directions.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
10 Mar. 2026
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She next stars in Jesse Eisenberg’s untitled musical comedy for A24.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
23 Apr. 2026
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Coming up, Moore will star in Jesse Eisenberg’s untitled musical comedy for A24.—
Angelique Jackson,
Variety,
23 Apr. 2026
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“Musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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