tunefulness

4.6

A pleasant musical sound or melody

noun
/ˈtunfəl.nəs/

: melodía

She admired the tunefulness of the new song, which made her smile.

Examples

Also, unison songs can be selected for their tunefulness.

Academic text (1995)
The tunefulness of the choir's performance captivated everyone in the audience.
The artist's tunefulness shone through in every melody he composed.

Synonyms

musicality

vstunefulness

5 5.5

A strong sense of music and rhythm that makes speech or movement pleasant

describes pleasant melody rather than musical skill or rhythm

euphony

vstunefulness

Literature

1 8.6

A sound that is pleasant when words or music fit together smoothly

stresses simple pleasant melody rather than combined sound effects

melodiousness

vstunefulness

5.9

A pleasant musical sound that is easy to enjoy

is the same quality expressed with other wording

songfulness

vstunefulness

Literature

8.1

A pleasant sound that makes music easy to sing

focuses on general pleasant melody rather than singing suitability

musicalness

vstunefulness

6.5

A quality that makes a voice or sound like music

refers more to a clear melodic tune rather than musical resemblance

euphonia

vstunefulness

9.6

A pleasant musical sound that is nice to hear

is about single clear melody rather than overall harmonious tone

Antonyms

discordance

1 8.1

A situation where people or groups disagree and feel tension

How Tuneful

melodiousness

5.9

tunefulness

4.6

lyricism

Literature

4 7.5

Surface Forms

tunefulness singular

tunefulnesses plural

Morphology

tunefulness = tuneful (transparent) = tune + ful + ness

Formed by adding the noun-forming suffix '-ness' to the clearly interpretable adjective 'tuneful', so the meaning is directly derived.

Etymology

Tunefulness comes from the word tune, which means 'melody', plus the parts -ful meaning 'full of' and -ness which makes a quality or state. Think of it as 'full of tune', so tunefulness is the quality of having a pleasant melody or musical sound.