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- adjective Resembling a
harp or the sound of harp music
Etymologies
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Examples
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Delicate harplike notes sauntered through the forest air.
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Pealing harplike guitar tones and jazzy arpeggios give way to death metal distortion, along with cymbal washes and high-register sung vocals harmonized with persistent death growls.
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They produced harplike plucks, the thunks of a xylophone, the high punctuation of a big-band horn section, strumming guitars, mournful viola voices, keening soprano voices, percussive hand thwacks and some finger-snapping and foot-stomping, not to mention a rich, chocolaty cello blend.
Berlin in Lights: With Two Interlopers, a Doughty Dozen - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Mali music star Toumani Diabaté chimes in with the harplike kora.
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They produced harplike plucks, the thunks of a xylophone, the high punctuation of a big-band horn section, strumming guitars, mournful viola voices, keening soprano voices, percussive hand thwacks and some finger-snapping and foot-stomping, not to mention a rich, chocolaty cello blend.
Berlin in Lights: With Two Interlopers, a Doughty Dozen - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com 2007
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Three harplike notes rang out as she connected to the Internet.
The 5th Horseman Patterson, James, 1947- 2006
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Three harplike notes rang out as she connected to the Internet.
The 5th Horseman Patterson, James, 1947- 2006
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Positioning ourselves to travel around her circumference, we will lace her delicate etheric grids with tonal layers of both flute-like and harplike vibratos.
Songs of the Arcturians Patricia L. Pereira 1996
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Positioning ourselves to travel around her circumference, we will lace her delicate etheric grids with tonal layers of both flute-like and harplike vibratos.
Songs of the Arcturians Patricia L. Pereira 1996
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Jaric heard a harplike ring as steel cleared a scabbard.
Stormwarden Wurts, Janny 1989
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