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songlike

songlike

5.3
Having a clear tune like someone singing
  • adjective
  • /ˈsɔŋˌlaɪk/
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  • Her voice took on a songlike tone as she recited the poem, captivating everyone.

Examples

  • The children's laughter echoed in a songlike manner, filling the park with joy.

  • 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

musical
vssonglike
63 1.7

Having a pleasing sound like a song

narrows that idea to resemblance to a song rather than any music
lyrical
vssonglike
31 4.9

Expressing deep personal feeling like a song

is centered on melody presence rather than emotional expression
melodic
vssonglike
18 3.9

It has a pleasant tune that is easy to sing

highlights melody specifically instead of speechlike delivery
singing
vssonglike
13 4.1

Having a smooth, flowing sound or line

is about having distinct melody instead of speechlike tone
melodious
vssonglike
7 4.0

Has a pleasant, musical sound

stresses song resemblance rather than just pleasant sound
songy
vssonglike
1 6.8

Having a clear tune and pleasant musical rhythm

focuses on having melody rather than resembling speech
lyric
vssonglike
  • Literature
1 5.9

Showing deep personal feelings in a beautiful songlike way

focuses purely on melody and not primarily on emotional expression
ariose
vssonglike
  • Specialized
9.9

Music with a clear, pleasant melody that lets a voice or instrument sing freely

is about melody specifically opposed to speechlike delivery
songful
vssonglike
  • Literature
6.1

A sound that is clear and pleasant like someone singing

emphasizes having melody rather than sounding like spoken words

How Songlike

tuneful
1 3.2
melodic
18 3.9
songlike
5.3
lyrical
31 4.9

Surface Forms

songlike positive

Morphology

songlike = song (transparent) = song + like

The adjective is formed transparently from 'song' plus '-like', meaning resembling a song.

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.