as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
a rich, mellifluous voice that gets her a lot of work in radio and TV commercials
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Recent Examples of mellifluous
When the Swiss retired there were mellifluous tributes, obituaries and a wave of adulation.
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Her voice was low and mellifluous and strong: a prosecutor’s sharklike gravitas.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
The Queen of Power Ballads is now the subject of her illness—stricken and isolated, with her famously mellifluous voice emitting involuntary, atonal moans.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
How, truly, has Sarah Lancashire’s mellifluous and peppery performance in Julia not been nominated?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 May 2024
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Tim Ellis, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
Her voice was low and mellifluous and strong: a prosecutor’s sharklike gravitas.
—Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
The Queen of Power Ballads is now the subject of her illness—stricken and isolated, with her famously mellifluous voice emitting involuntary, atonal moans.
—Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 26 July 2024
How, truly, has Sarah Lancashire’s mellifluous and peppery performance in Julia not been nominated?
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 25 May 2024
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“Mellifluous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellifluous. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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