Musical
['mjuːzɪk(ə)l] or ['mjuzɪkl]
Definition
(noun.) a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing.
(adj.) characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; 'a musical speaking voice'; 'a musical comedy' .
(adj.) talented in or devoted to music; 'comes from a very musical family' .
(adj.) characterized by or capable of producing music; 'a musical evening'; 'musical instruments' .
Checked by Alfreda--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Of or pertaining to music; having the qualities of music; or the power of producing music; devoted to music; melodious; harmonious; as, musical proportion; a musical voice; musical instruments; a musical sentence; musical persons.
(n.) Music.
(n.) A social entertainment of which music is the leading feature; a musical party.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Melodious, harmonious, tuneful, symphonious, dulcet, sweet-sounding.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Melodious, harmonious, dulcet, concordant, rythmical, tuneful, mellifluous
ANT:Unmelodious, inharmonious, harsh, discordant
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Examples
- Musical instruments maybe divided into three groups according to the different ways in which their tones are produced:-- _First. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- The Greeks derived their musical instruments from the Egyptians, and the Romans borrowed theirs from the Greeks, but neither the Greeks nor the Romans invented any. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- If Ma had been like anybody else, I might have had some little musical knowledge to begin upon. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- You are musical, and can tell me. Plato. The Republic.
- In short, he shows so much musical taste that Mr. Bagnet actually takes his pipe from his lips to express his conviction that he is a singer. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The story of the piano, that queen of musical instruments, involves the whole history of the art of music. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- In addition, there was a special transmitting device in the shape of a musical reed, or buzzer. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- By means of an apparatus called the siren, it is possible to calculate the number of vibrations producing any given musical note, such, for example, as middle C on the piano. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
- They fetch a good sum; and this little devil is such a comical, musical concern, he's just the article! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The 'base,' or 'fundamental number, which has 1/3 added to it' (1 and 1/3) = 4/3 or a musical fourth. Plato. The Republic.
- Zara replied and, after a musical dialogue, consented to fly. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- And I never knew much of my father, beyond what my mother told me; but he inherited the musical talents. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But among the Romans there was nothing which corresponded to the musical education of the Greeks. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Examples of the later of these three kinds of musical instruments may be found in the United States patents of Zimmermann in 1882, Tanaka, 1890, and Gally, 1879. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The more the educator knows of music the more he can perceive the possibilities of the inchoate musical impulses of a child. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
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