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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: relating to or characteristic of or according to the rules of counterpoint; "contrapuntal base"
2: having two or more independent but harmonically related melodic parts sounding together [syn: polyphonic, contrapuntal] [ant: monophonic]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Etymology: Italian contrappunto counterpoint, from Medieval Latin contrapunctus — more at counterpoint Date: 1845 1. polyphonic 2. of, relating to, or marked by counterpoint • contrapuntally adverb

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. Mus. of or in counterpoint. Derivatives: contrapuntally adv. contrapuntist n. Etymology: It. contrappunto counterpoint

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Contrapuntal Con`tra*pun"tal, a. [It. contrappunto counterpoint. See Counterpoint.] (Mus.) Pertaining to, or according to the rules of, counterpoint.