as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
the seamless editing gives the lushly romantic film a very mellifluent feel
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Jeanette Winterson, The Passion Set during the Napoleonic Wars, this lyrical novel follows a French soldier who cooks for Napoleon and a Venetian woman who steals hearts—sometimes literally.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes.com,
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Despite the lyrical intensity, Offset is fine with the aftermath of it all.—
Mya Abraham,
VIBE.com,
6 Aug. 2025
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Irrational violence and lyric visions erupt in lacerating, supremely elegant prose that’s also genuinely funny at times.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Starting with singer Michael Hutchence, all the band members held up and subsequently dropped lyric cards in sequence.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 2025
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“Mellifluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellifluent. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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