melodious

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The verses were very lucid and melodious, and the subject agreeable.

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  1. adjective Of, relating to, or containing a pleasing succession of sounds; tuneful.
  2. adjective Agreeable to hear: a melodious voice; the melodious song of a bird.

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sonorous ·  plaintive ·  harmonious ·  mellow ·  rhythmic ·  musical ·  shrill ·  joyous ·  melodic ·  discordant ·  resonant ·  guttural
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  1. from French mélodieux = Spanish Portuguese Italian melodioso, from Late Latin as if *melodiosus, from melodia, melody: see melody.
 

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/mɛˈloʊdɪəs/
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