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# melodious

adjective (melodious, more melodious); adverb: melodiously

«melodious» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Melodious means having a pleasant tune, sweet and pleasing to hear. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/#m1)

### In the lessons

In music and English lessons it describes songs, birdsong and voices. Poets describe nightingales and blackbirds as melodious. Phrases: «a melodious voice», «melodious song».

### Examples

- The blackbird's melodious song woke me. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/#x1)
- She has a melodious voice. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/#x2)
- The harp played a melodious tune. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/#x3)
- The stream made a melodious sound over the stones. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/#x4)
- The nightingale is famous for its melodious singing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/#x5)
- The choir sang melodiously in the old church. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/#x6)
- Here, under the walnut-trees, by the deep blue lake, sat Byron, and wrote his melodious verses about the prisoner confined in the gloomy castle of Chillon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/#x7)

### Note

From «melody». Spelled «mel-o-di-ous». Similar: «tuneful», «musical». Opposite: «harsh», «tuneless».

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «melodious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/M/melodious/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«melodious» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/melodious.html) on Mova free.