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
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“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
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"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
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"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
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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
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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
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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
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The “Pomp and Circumstance” march flowed melodiously through the warm air.
Olivia V.C.Andrews 2011
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As D.G. Myers again, in referring to commonplace bloggers and Isaiah Berlin foxes, aptly and melodiously tells us:
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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.
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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
sionnach commented on the word melodiously
"I never really liked that Gibson chap, and this latest escapade just goes to show I was right" said Tom, melodiously.
March 20, 2007