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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
San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Since then, Ramos has given musicals a rest with leading roles in popcorn fare like Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), Twisters (2024), and the Bad Guys franchise (2022–2025).
—EW.com, 24 June 2025
Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Montreux Jazz festival kicked off its 59th edition on Friday 4th July with Chaka Khan’s musical homage to 28-time Grammy Award winner Quincy Jones.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Adjective
Cygnet Theatre presents Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic musical about love, betrayal and changing times in the early 1900s Oklahoma Territory.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 June 2025
Since then, Ramos has given musicals a rest with leading roles in popcorn fare like Transformers: Rise of the Beasts (2023), Twisters (2024), and the Bad Guys franchise (2022–2025).
—EW.com, 24 June 2025
Noun
The musicians presented a patriotic musical salute to kick off the holiday.
—Pioneer Press, Chicago Tribune, 8 July 2025
Montreux Jazz festival kicked off its 59th edition on Friday 4th July with Chaka Khan’s musical homage to 28-time Grammy Award winner Quincy Jones.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical
Adjective
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Schifrin then conducted a 1995 symphonic celebration in Marseilles, France, to mark the 100th anniversary of the invention of movies by the Lumiere brothers.—
Mike Barnes,
HollywoodReporter,
26 June 2025
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Consider a morning stroll along Mendocino Trail, which undulates along the continent’s edge for miles, delivering a symphonic show of rolling waves and squawking sea birds, who sing their wild tunes from the top of dramatic rock formations.—
Chelsee Lowe,
Travel + Leisure,
25 Apr. 2025
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Appearances by Amy Poehler, Will Arnett and Craig T. Nelson allow Blades of Glory to thrive like few 2000s comedies could.—
Travis Bean,
Forbes.com,
4 July 2025
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Gale and Zemeckis were nominated for a Best Original Screenplay Oscar for the film — a win in itself considering how popular sci-fi and comedy are both usually ignored by the Academy.—
Jordan Hoffman,
EW.com,
4 July 2025
Adjective
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Soth, who is based in Minneapolis, is best known for his large-format photography that blends documentary realism with lyrical storytelling.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Joel Alfonso Vargas brings raw authenticity and lyrical vision to a coming-of-age story that pulses with life and urgency.—
Leo Barraclough,
Variety,
1 July 2025
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The melancholy and melodrama of that simple scene, mixed with Del Rio’s mournful singing of Orbison’s old pop song, still moves and inspires to this day.—
Michael Kogge,
IndieWire,
28 June 2025
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There are genuine laughs to be had, from which pathos and melodrama emerge fairly naturally.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
23 June 2025
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Filled with fierce lyric tenderness and clear-eyed commitment to revolutionary aesthetic, Terror Counter devoted to the redemption of the self from a world ready to usurp this resistance.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Apple also doubled down on games, added new features, including lyric translation to Apple Music, and introduced new options for its Vision Pro headset, among other things.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
10 June 2025
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Erotic Lives of the Superheroes, a cancer tragicomedy, killer women, and more were among the show pitches presented during the Industry Days program of the 59th edition of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on Tuesday.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
8 July 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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New Jersey’s first superhero takes the stage in this monster of a musical comedy, based on the classic cult film.—
Luann Gibbs,
The Enquirer,
28 June 2025
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And, for several years, Brooks explored the ideas of a musical comedy of the notorious Adolph Hitler, which turned into his first feature comedic film, The Producers, in 1968.—
Marc Berman,
Forbes.com,
28 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 15 Jul. 2025.
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