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melodic definition

me·lodic (mə läd′ik)

adjective

  1. of, or having the nature of, melody
  2. melodious

Etymology: Fr mélodique < LL melodicus

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melodic Usage Examples

Used with adjective complement

  • remain: The background to this composition has an almost ambient and spacey feel, while the foreground is more jazz inspired while remaining very melodic.

Modifies a noun

  • chorus: I love doing the machine-gun riffs with the melodic choruses... "

Modifying Another Word

  • richly: The most richly melodic, timeless and refined music that jazz has produced.

Preposition: in

  • way: It is brutally heavy and wonderfully melodic in a way that surpasses a lot of the bands in this movement.
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