chantlike

6.8

A slow, steady sound that repeats like people singing the same short words

adjective
/ˈʧæntˌlaɪk/

: cantante

The poem was delivered in a chantlike rhythm, making it soothing to listen to.

Examples

It seemed to me as if she had in mind a mantra, a handy slogan she repeated, chantlike, I would guess, sing-song, something on the order of the cheers she used to lead us through when we were younger Buckaroos:

Fiction book (2000)
Ask, "How else does Poulenc maintain a chantlike sound in the first four measures of this choral setting?"

Academic text (2003)
In the first twelve measures, find where each voice part has chantlike characteristics.

Academic text (2003)
The singer's voice had a chantlike quality that captivated the audience during the performance.
As the crowd joined in, their voices created a chantlike harmony that echoed through the hall.

Synonyms

singsong

vschantlike

1 6.6

Spoken with a regular rise and fall in the voice

is the broader musical quality not limited to speech

singsongy

vschantlike

1 7.5

A voice or way of speaking that sounds like a simple musical tune

is more monotonous and plain rather than melodic or varied

songlike

vschantlike

5.3

Having a clear tune like someone singing

is more monotonous and rhythmic rather than melodic

How Chantlike

incantatory

Literature

1 8.9

chantlike

6.8

monotonous

4 5.3

rhythmic

42 3.6

musical

167 1.6

Surface Forms

chantlike positive

Morphology

chantlike = chant (transparent) = chant + like

Clear combination of 'chant' and the adjectival suffix '-like'; the meaning 'resembling a chant' is directly inferable.

Etymology

The word chantlike comes from chant, an old word meaning 'to sing', and the ending -like, which means 'similar to'. So chantlike describes a steady, repeated musical tone like a chant, which explains its rhythmic or monotonous quality.