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as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
the musical sounds of the babbling brook
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as in symphonic
having a pleasing mixture of notes
the song of the skylark has been celebrated for being especially musical
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as in comedy
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Recent Examples of musical
Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2025
There have been seasons with as many as three musicals, and until last year, there were also original dance revues by the stop/time dance company.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Sep. 2025
Morello, 61, served as the musical director for the July 5 benefit show in Birmingham, England, which came just weeks before Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Adjective
Miranda played Hamilton in the musical on Broadway for less than a year, starting with its debut in 2015.
—Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 25 Aug. 2025
There have been seasons with as many as three musicals, and until last year, there were also original dance revues by the stop/time dance company.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 20 Aug. 2025
Noun
Hot on the heels of her extravagant performance at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, Lady Gaga was the musical guest on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert on the show’s Monday night, September 8, episode.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 9 Sep. 2025
Morello, 61, served as the musical director for the July 5 benefit show in Birmingham, England, which came just weeks before Osbourne died on July 22 at age 76.
—Rachel Desantis, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical
Adjective
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His flow, while indeed reminiscent of Max B, has its own melodic pocket that could easily fit in the context of jazz or pop music.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tintinnabuli was inspired, in part, by Pärt’s interest in much earlier styles of Christian music, including Gregorian chant – the single-voice singing of Roman Catholicism – and Renaissance polyphony, which weaves together multiple melodic lines.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 2025
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Alice Tully Hall Jazzman Etienne Charles tells the story of the neighborhood that Lincoln Center obliterated in a symphonic-scale quilt of Black American styles.—
Justin Davidson,
Vulture,
10 Sep. 2025
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In the Phygital Era, the old-fashioned managerial style must evolve from directive control to a symphonic orchestration of human and machine interaction.—
Ingrid Vasiliu Feltes,
Forbes.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement Despite his predominance in the comedy sector, the Emmys presented a high-stakes challenge for an entertainer in the midst of a big push to escape that box.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
15 Sep. 2025
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The Studio Ends Big Night With Record Wins Seth Rogen closed out a huge night for Apple TV+’s The Studio, which won best comedy.—
Toni Fitzgerald,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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For three-quarters of its pages, the book reads like a paean to dope, a lyrical testament to the transcendent bliss of the first time using, and to the futile effort to recapture it.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Via visual gags, a cast of gifted comic actors and a script that pulls both from ’80s and ’90s TV movies and screen classics like Suddenly, Last Summer and The Children’s Hour, Maddie’s Secret straddles the line between comedy and melodrama, creating a wholly unique cinematic experience.—
David Rooney,
HollywoodReporter,
13 Sep. 2025
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With its calculatedly severe form, the film both distills and extends melodrama to avant-garde extremes.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
10 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The lyric change brought immediate screams inside Estadio River Plate and across the Swift world.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 2025
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Its jacket copy states, With a voice somewhere between Violeta Parra and Bad Bunny, Paulina Flores paints a portrait of a city, a generation, and its distinctive characteristics in this tragicomedy.—
Diana Arterian
July 30,
Literary Hub,
30 July 2025
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Told with a classic heist structure and hints of tragicomedy, the story follows an ordinary government employee obsessed with winning the Melate lottery.—
Anna Marie de la Fuente,
Variety,
23 July 2025
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The native New Yorker previously served on the writing staff of NBC’s musical comedy Perfect Harmony, starring Bradley Whitford.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
11 Sep. 2025
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The Musical, is a musical comedy based on the life story of Billy McFarland, the founder of the Fyre Festival.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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