mellow

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In each build the tone could be characterized as a mellow tone with good sustain and projection.

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  1. adjective Soft, sweet, juicy, and full-flavored because of ripeness: a mellow fruit.
  2. adjective Suggesting softness or sweetness: "The mellow air brought in the feel of imminent autumn” (Thomas Hardy).
  3. adjective Rich and soft in quality: a mellow sound; a mellow wine.
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  • In each build the tone could be characterized as a mellow tone with good sustain and projection. —  Mandolin Cafe News
  • An almost-car wreck results in an emotional catharsis, but her mellow is harshed when she hits up the abortion clinic and finds out that she is too far along to be pro-choice. —  Television Without Pity
  • "He was real mellow, a kind of peacemaker kind of guy," he said. —  Ledger-Enquirer: Breaking News
  • Yitzchak Shlomo and Yohonatan Moshiach Hakimian from Tzfat played mellow, acoustic songs on guitar and jembe drum.
  • Just as the kids get mellow, they're interrupted by Justin's father -- Krug -- Uncle Frank and Sadie. —  Readthehook.com - Current Articles
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melodious ·  soft ·  pleasant ·  delicious ·  silvery ·  rosy ·  plaintive ·  joyous ·  vibrant ·  dreamy ·  serene ·  vivid

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mellow:   mellowed
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English melwe, perhaps from melowe, oblique case of mele, ground grain, meal; see meal1.

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  1. Early modern English melow; from Middle English melwe, soft, perhaps a variant of merwe, from Anglo-Saxon mearu (mearw-), soft, tender (see marrow), the change of r to l being perhaps assisted by association with the ult. related D. mollig = Friesic miöllig, soft, = German dial. mollig, also möll, soft, mölich, mellow, prob. akin to L. mollis, soft: see moll, mollify, etc.
  2. from mellow, adjective
 

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