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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
Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 2 June 2025
Back on land, there are attractions of every kind: Choose from the New Jersey Maritime Museum, Long Beach Island Historical Museum, Fantasy Island Amusement Park, and even musical productions at Surflight Theatre.
—Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 2 June 2025
Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2025
The ex-Warbler won best performance by an actor in a musical at the Tonys on Sunday (June 8), becoming the first actor of Asian descent to triumph in the category.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 June 2025
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Adjective
If that sounds like a musical Hallmark card, ship me off in it.
—Marco Della Cava, USA Today, 2 June 2025
Back on land, there are attractions of every kind: Choose from the New Jersey Maritime Museum, Long Beach Island Historical Museum, Fantasy Island Amusement Park, and even musical productions at Surflight Theatre.
—Rachel Chang, AFAR Media, 2 June 2025
Noun
When Darren Criss picked up a Tony Award on Sunday night for best performance by an actor in a leading role in a musical for his turn in Maybe Happy Ending, the veteran star became the third straight Glee alum to win a trophy on Broadway’s biggest night.
—Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 10 June 2025
The ex-Warbler won best performance by an actor in a musical at the Tonys on Sunday (June 8), becoming the first actor of Asian descent to triumph in the category.
—Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical
Adjective
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One of Clausen’s greatest strengths was that ability to write in many different styles, from symphonic to jazzy to contemporary, sometimes riffing on famous film scores or other pop-cultural references, and do it in as little as a few seconds, just enough to make a comedic point.—
Jon Burlingame,
Variety,
30 May 2025
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The power of symphonic strings can totally capture Seals.—
Jed Gottlieb,
Boston Herald,
25 May 2025
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The Shane Gillis comedy Tires is at #3 now, back for season 3.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
10 June 2025
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Directed by Tina Romero, the delightful feature debut is a horror comedy chock-full of fun and meaningful ideas, most of which stop just short of fruition.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
10 June 2025
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More specifically, tracks from his 2011 debut mixtape House of Balloons were delivered with the urgency and conviction of that same mysterious musician with a penchant for lyrical tawdriness.—
Candace McDuffie,
VIBE.com,
6 June 2025
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There’s seemingly not much back-and-forth on the lyrical themes or specifics.—
Katherine Turman,
Los Angeles Times,
28 May 2025
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Is there a specific fragment of his soul where all that beautiful melodrama stems from?—
Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
21 May 2025
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The film struggles to let scenes breathe, bludgeons us too frequently with music cues and skips out on crucial emotional beats to replace them with less effective melodrama.—
Brandon Yu,
New York Times,
20 May 2025
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Told in lyric prose, intercut with biblical references, excerpts of history and nature writing, and myth, this memoir contains essays, vignettes and a series of lists, that read like deep-sea poetry, and which ultimately portray a love of language and everything that exceeds it….—
Dylin Hardcastle
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Kate Beckinsale debuted a new tattoo in honor of her late father, Richard Beckinsale Richard died in 1979 when the actress was 5 years old Her arm tattoo features a David Bowie lyric Kate Beckinsale is honoring her late dad.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
5 June 2025
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In Facility Theatre’s new revival of the Irish playwright’s absurdist tragicomedy, the blind and paralyzed character (played by artistic director Kirk Anderson) looks like a slightly steampunk Scrooge, writes Emily McClanathan.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 May 2025
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The man who shuffled offstage last year in the middle of the play — an absurdist tragicomedy plagued by poor reviews and weak attendance — has shuffled back onto it.—
Rich Lowry,
National Review,
9 May 2025
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The romance appears to have started as a friendship that developed when Jackman and Foster worked together on the classic musical comedy, which ran on Broadway from early 2022 to early 2023.—
Martha Ross,
Mercury News,
4 June 2025
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Beetlejuice The Musical will return to Broadway for the third time when the First National Tour of the international hit musical comedy begins performances Wednesday, October 8 at The Palace Theatre.—
Greg Evans,
Deadline,
3 June 2025
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How that psychodrama played out in the UK could have lessons for the US — not least because Cummings eventually succeeded in undermining Johnson’s political career, ultimately defenestrating the prime minister through relentless briefings and leaks.—
Jim Waterson,
semafor.com,
6 June 2025
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And there are many things that people can actually do to get this transcendence, to get away from the tedium of the psychodrama of your own life.—
NBC News,
NBC news,
25 May 2025
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“Musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical. Accessed 21 Jun. 2025.
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