songlike

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for songlike
Adjective
  • This bilingual edition preserves Vilariño’s rhythmic precision and existential intensity, giving readers a rare glimpse into a body of work that continues to resonate far beyond its origins.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025
  • As the sun sets, Cartagena transforms into a rhythmic celebration.
    Essence, Essence, 7 Nov. 2025
Adjective
  • In recent years, Bleed had continued recording and performing, maintaining a loyal fan base drawn to his signature mix of southern wisdom and lyrical realism.
    Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Laden with symbolism both in its lyrics and accompanying video, the piece — structured in operatic movements —surprises with Rosalía’s lyrical performance, gliding seamlessly between English, German, and her native Spanish.
    Luisa Calle, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet amidst this external focus on varied lyric forms, the drive in this collection feels narrative, the stories history doubling and echoing myth and history.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Keith Urban is setting the record straight after fans analyzed his lyric swaps post-Nicole Kidman split.
    Taijuan Moorman, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Bach was lively, supple, and, especially in the Larghetto, generous in its songful musicality.
    Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Sep. 2022
  • In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
    Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
Adjective
  • The trailer, soundtracked by a lilting piano melody, reveals the basic premise of the film, which focuses on a young boy named Arco from a distant and peaceful future, where humans live in the sky and use rainbow suits to fly through the air.
    Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 6 Nov. 2025
  • This week, Megan Moroney offers up valuable wisdom enveloped in a lilting ballad, while Maddie Lenhart sings of longing for a carefree night of throwing romantic caution to the wind.
    Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Using laser light of different colors, the Rice team studied how a two-layer Janus TMD—molybdenum sulfur selenide stacked on molybdenum disulfide—responded to illumination through a process called second harmonic generation (SHG).
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2025
  • His music, stuffed with live instrumentation and harmonic sophistication, is suffused with the sound and spirit of Sly Stone, Miles Davis, Jimi Hendrix and Marvin Gaye, among many others.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 14 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The album is so operatic and orchestral.
    Dan Rys, Billboard, 5 Nov. 2025
  • To close out the festivities, with Orchestra Miami serving as the orchestral partner, a special event is planned for year’s end at the renowned Venetian Pool, a historic pool listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
    Dontaira Terrell, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Similarly, the dozens of people whom Greaves interviews in the film aren’t delivering a single and univocal history of the Harlem Renaissance but a polyphonic transmission of it.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Angela Flournoy follows her highly honored first novel, The Turner House (2016), with an illuminating polyphonic exploration of the glorious heights and darkest lows of friendships among four women.
    Jane Ciabattari September 16, Literary Hub, 16 Sep. 2025
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“Songlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songlike. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.

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