Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In a melodious manner; sweetly; musically.

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  • adverb In a melodious manner.

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  • adverb in a melodious manner

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Examples

  • “So long as I can do something for your family,” she was saying, as she hammered at it, when a voice called melodiously in the passage:

    The Voyage Out 2004

  • "So long as I can do something for your family," she was saying, as she hammered at it, when a voice called melodiously in the passage:

    The Voyage Out 1915

  • "So long as I can do something for your family," she was saying, as she hammered at it, when a voice called melodiously in the passage:

    The Voyage Out Virginia Woolf 1911

  • As she ate her fish -- a mystery of the seas of Robertville -- she imagined his quiet existence in this remote place, sunny day succeeding sunny day, each one surely so like its brother that life must become a sort of dream, through which the voice of the church bell called melodiously and the incense rising before the altar shed a drowsy perfume.

    The Garden of Allah Robert Smythe Hichens 1907

  • And often, I will go for big long walks and just be mumbling to myself melodiously, and then when I've got something solid, I just record it in my phone or scribble it on the back of a napkin or something, just so I don't forget them.

    Mike Ragogna: Songs From The South and How To Make Gravy: Conversations With Paul Kelly Plus Lisa Hannigan Mike Ragogna 2011

  • And often, I will go for big long walks and just be mumbling to myself melodiously, and then when I've got something solid, I just record it in my phone or scribble it on the back of a napkin or something, just so I don't forget them.

    Mike Ragogna: Songs From The South and How To Make Gravy: Conversations With Paul Kelly Plus Lisa Hannigan Mike Ragogna 2011

  • The “Pomp and Circumstance” march flowed melodiously through the warm air.

    Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011

  • As D.G. Myers again, in referring to commonplace bloggers and Isaiah Berlin foxes, aptly and melodiously tells us:

    On Lit Blogging: Proud to lick the icing off Books 2009

  • Ambient brass sounds thicken into electronic buzzings and then stop dead; drum pieces with Indian-percussion booms and rocking piano figures develop orchestral, bowed-bass drones and then melodiously groove.

    Portico Quartet: Portico Quartet – review 2012

  • Joy at being the master of ceremonies of a sensational result; joy at the love for him that was expressed melodiously from the stands of the County Ground, which were full for the first time in two years; joy at FA Cup progress; and joy, perhaps, at this further indication that this is a job that he could do at a higher level.

    Paolo Di Canio returns to centre stage as Swindon Town knock out Wigan 2012

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  • "I never really liked that Gibson chap, and this latest escapade just goes to show I was right" said Tom, melodiously.

    March 20, 2007