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Melodious definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

MELO'DIOUS, a. [See Melody.] Containing melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as a melodious voice; melodious strains.
And music more melodious than the spheres.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune [syn: tuneful, melodious] [ant: tuneless, unmelodious, untuneful]
2: containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn: melodious, melodic, musical] [ant: unmelodic, unmelodious, unmusical]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 14th century 1. having a pleasing melody 2. of, relating to, or producing melody • melodiously adverb • melodiousness noun

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adj. 1 of, producing, or having melody. 2 sweet-sounding. Derivatives: melodiously adv. melodiousness n. Etymology: ME f. OF melodieus (as MELODY)

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Melodious Me*lo"di*ous, a. [Cf. F. m['e]lodieux. See Melody.] Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. ``A melodious voice.'' ``A melodious undertone.'' --Longfellow. -- Me*lo"di*ous*ly, adv. -- Me*lo"di*ous*ness, n.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

A melodious sound is pleasant to listen to. (LITERARY) She spoke in a quietly melodious voice. = musical ADJ

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

a. Musical, tuneful, sweet, dulcet, ariose, harmonious.

Moby Thesaurus

achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, canorous, cantabile, catchy, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fine-toned, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, harmonious, honeyed, lyric, lyrical, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, music-flowing, music-like, musical, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, rich, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tunable, tuned, tuneful