melodiously
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4.9
- adverb
- /məˈloʊdiəsli/
:
melodiosamente
- (Voices harmonizing melodiously)
Examples
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"Clara," Hortense said as melodiously as she could, "we have a little cold soup the cook left us."
Fiction book (1996) -
This was waterfowlspeak for "you may now enter my side of the pond." "Is there something you wanted to talk to me about?" she honked melodiously.
Fiction book (2001) -
Yes, but how does one teach it to sing as melodiously as this?
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To emphasize his words, he gestured, and his voice rose melodiously on the summer morning.
Fiction book (1992) -
The chime sounded melodiously again, the doors closed, and the elevator started up again.
Fiction book (1995) -
Haven't you noticed the birds are chirping more melodiously?
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Once a melodiously sculpted soprano, it is now no more beautiful than the cackle of an old hen.
Fiction book (1998) -
(Talokanil women harmonizing melodiously)
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It was a pleasure to hear him melodiously praising all things holy, even if the music that fell from his lips was like nothing that ever rang out beneath the church rafters, nor in the taverns, nor in the distant fields.
Fiction book (2000) -
The choir sang melodiously, filling the church with beautiful harmonies.
Synonyms
37
3.4
In a way that sounds like music
2
3.8
In a musical way that sounds like a clear tune
In a pleasant musical way that sounds clear and like singing
In a pleasant rising and falling way like a song
In a smooth, sweet voice that sounds pleasant
Antonyms
How Melodious
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word melodiously comes from melody, which comes from an old Greek word melos meaning 'song'. So to do something melodiously is to do it 'like a song', in a pleasant, musical way.