English > melodic: 2 senses > adjective 1| Meaning | Containing or constituting / constituting or characterized by pleasing melody / melody. |
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| Synonyms | melodious, musical |
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| Narrower | ariose, songlike | Having a melody (as distinguished from recitative) |
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| canorous, songful | richly melodious |
| cantabile, singing | Smooth and flowing |
| dulcet, honeyed, mellifluous, mellisonant, sweet | pleasing to the ear |
| lyrical | Suitable for or suggestive of singing |
| Opposite | unmelodious, unmelodic, unmusical | lacking melody / melody |
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| Spanish | melódico, melodioso |
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