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  • adverb In a microtonal manner.

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microtonal +‎ -ly

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Examples

  • Anderson could microtonally bend notes with an insouciance that brought him accolades from fans and doubts about his competence from sceptics.

    Music news, reviews, comment and features | guardian.co.uk 2010

  • New music composer Evelyn Davis conflates influences of art rock, metal, prog, and opera to create extremely subtle, thoughtful, microtonally oriented works which are viscerally emotionally expressive.

    brooklynvegan 2010

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