1
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
Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
The actor, 54, hosted Saturday Night Live on April 12, when he was joined by Lizzo, who served as the evening's musical guest.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
In recent years, several films (like last year’s Mean Girls reboot and Joker: Folie à Deux), caught audiences off guard by being musicals.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Adjective
And in addition to life skills, participants do come away with solid musical chops.
—Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 13 Apr. 2025
The actor, 54, hosted Saturday Night Live on April 12, when he was joined by Lizzo, who served as the evening's musical guest.
—Nicholas Rice, People.com, 13 Apr. 2025
Noun
The accompanying photo showed a clutch of newly unemployed stage orphans from Annie, the hit musical that had closed that weekend after a run of almost six years.
—Frank Rich, Vulture, 8 Apr. 2025
In recent years, several films (like last year’s Mean Girls reboot and Joker: Folie à Deux), caught audiences off guard by being musicals.
—Monica Mercuri, Forbes.com, 3 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for musical
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From honoring Black women’s transformative roles in symphonic music to celebrating gospel legends and Black Southern electronic music, Eldorado Ballroom Houston is both homage and innovation.—
Shelby Stewart,
Essence,
16 Apr. 2025
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The second longest-running symphonic outdoor drama performance in the U.S., the play has been performed every summer since 1937.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
15 Apr. 2025
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Talkback sold to Fremantle (then Pearson Television) and Fincham became CEO of Talkback Thames, which made comedies and the likes of The X Factor and Britain’s Got Talent for ITV and long-running police drama The Bill.—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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The comedy special Brett Goldstein: The Second Best Night of Your Life will premiere Saturday, April 26 at 10 pm on HBO (and stream on Max).—
Vlada Gelman,
TVLine,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Poetry remains an exciting place where lyrical wordsmiths turn truth into art.—
Lorraine Berry,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Known for pairing magenta with rhinestones and a lyrical wit, Kirke hasn’t always been country.—
Eva Fedderly,
Architectural Digest,
18 Apr. 2025
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So what starts out as this high-school melodrama done for laughs grows into something darker and more profound as the story progresses.—
Ollie Barder,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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Directed by Vincente Minnelli, this romantic melodrama was filmed on the beaches of Big Sur.—
Tom Gliatto,
People.com,
26 Mar. 2025
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Moreover, the combination of the specific chord progression in the melody paired with the verbatim hook was a greater than 50% clone of Vance’s original work, in both lyric choice and chord expressions.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Doja Rat stated that Strange claimed to have over 300 songs and handwritten lyric sheets.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 Mar. 2025
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That proved to be the case once more when a major studio balked at his tragicomedy take.—
Brian Davids,
The Hollywood Reporter,
20 Feb. 2025
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Directed by Josef Hader The soil of the Austrian countryside is rich with tragicomedy in writer-director-star Hader’s second feature as a director after 2017’s Wild Mouse.—
Georg Szalai,
The Hollywood Reporter,
26 Feb. 2025
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The book by Bob Martin travels between Betty’s cartoon world and the real one — or at least the world of musical comedy (which isn’t all that real anyway).—
Frank Rizzo,
Variety,
8 Apr. 2025
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The musical comedy is about a French gay couple who own a drag nightclub.—
Pam Kragen,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 Apr. 2025
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Comic pastiche gives way to tender romantic ballads only to explode in musical psychodrama.—
Charles McNulty,
Los Angeles Times,
31 Mar. 2025
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About Town Indie Rock As Father John Misty, the singer and multi-instrumentalist Josh Tillman stages albums as little psychodramas.—
The New Yorker,
The New Yorker,
21 Feb. 2025
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“Musical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/musical. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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