songlike
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5.3
- adjective
- /ˈsɔŋˌlaɪk/
- Her voice took on a songlike tone as she recited the poem, captivating everyone.
Examples
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The children's laughter echoed in a songlike manner, filling the park with joy.
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There was something songlike about the high church windows with their multi-colored streams of light, and often, too, the organ's peals burst forth from the ceremonious interior into the outside world, and then the Robber stood once more before an art gallery and resolved never to read anything again, but all the same he did read this and that on occasion.
Fiction book (1999) -
But in the high day of his spiritual prosperity, Eben's power decreased: his discourses became less songlike, he conversed with rather than preached to his congregation, and he wrote out his sermons.
Academic text (1996) -
The melody she hummed had a songlike quality that lingered in the air.
Synonyms
30
4.9
Expressing deep personal feeling like a song
17
3.9
It has a pleasant tune that is easy to sing
10
5.9
Showing deep personal feelings in a beautiful songlike way
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1.7
Having a pleasing sound like a song
6
4.0
Has a pleasant, musical sound
1
6.8
Having a clear tune and pleasant musical rhythm
1
4.1
Having a smooth, flowing sound or line
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6.1
A sound that is clear and pleasant like someone singing
Music with a clear, pleasant melody that lets a voice or instrument sing freely
How Songlike
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Songlike is made of song, meaning 'a musical tune', and the ending -like, meaning 'similar to'. So, songlike describes something that sounds or feels like a song.