Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Tending to reverberate; reflecting; reverberant.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Of the nature of reverberation; tending to reverberate; reflective.

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  • adjective Tending to reverberate or reflect.

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  • adjective characterized by resonance

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Examples

  • On the band 's two self-produced recordings, 2007' s "Waves" and 2009 's "We Animals," bassist Mike Falotico and drummer Jared Apuzzo build rhythmic foundations for guitarist-vocalist Keith Kelly to inhabit with his reverberative falsetto and ringing, euphonic chords.

    Starting Gun Sounds at CMJ Marathon Greater New York Staff 2010

  • Terrance Hayes'"Lighthead" persona is a figure as resounding and reverberative as John Berryman's "Mr. Bones."

    Carol Muske-Dukes: Thanksgiving Book Reviews Carol Muske-Dukes 2010

  • Terrance Hayes '"Lighthead" persona is a figure as resounding and reverberative as John Berryman's "Mr. Bones."

    Carol Muske-Dukes: Thanksgiving Book Reviews Carol Muske-Dukes 2010

  • The reverberative sounds in them vibrate the pituitary, just above the roof of my mouth, which changes the secretions of this master gland of the endocrine system.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • The reverberative sounds in them vibrate the pituitary, just above the roof of my mouth, which changes the secretions of this master gland of the endocrine system.

    Meditation as Medicine M.D. Dharma Singh Khalsa 2001

  • "Who knew that when we started rehearsals two years ago, we'd find it all so reverberative," he says.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Stuart Husband 2012

  • "Who knew that when we started rehearsals two years ago, we'd find it all so reverberative," he says.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph, Sunday Telegraph Stuart Husband 2012

  • The way that many classrooms in schools and kindergartens are constructed promotes long reverberation times because the sound is reflected on reverberative surfaces, e.g. concrete or glass.

    WebWire | Recent Headlines 2010

  • Over the course of its previous five albums, the band - primarily the outlet for singer / composer / multi-instrumentalist Gustav Ejstes - has constructed swirling paisleys of reverberative, fuzz-drenched psychedelic rock and soft, lilting melodies of foresting folk.

    New York Sun - All Articles 2009

  • "Digital Bangladesh" shares with all good political slogans a malleable, reverberative quality.

    open Democracy News Analysis - Comments INCEDGECHUCH 2009

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