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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Melodious \Me*lo"di*ous\, adjective [Cf. F. m['e]lodieux. See {Melody}.] Containing, or producing, melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as, a melodious voice. ''A melodious voice.'' ''A melodious undertone.'' --Longfellow. -- {Me*lo"di*ous*ly}, adverb -- {Me*lo"di*ous*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
melodious
adjective
1: having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune [syn: {tuneful}] [ant: {tuneless}]
2: containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark" [syn: {melodic}, {musical}] [ant: {unmelodious}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
47 Moby Thesaurus words for "melodious": achingly sweet, agreeable, agreeable-sounding, appealing, ariose, arioso, canorous, cantabile, catchy, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, euphonous, fine-toned, golden, golden-tongued, golden-voiced, harmonious, honeyed, lyric, lyrical, melic, mellifluent, mellifluous, mellisonant, mellow, melodic, music-flowing, music-like, musical, pleasant, pleasant-sounding, rich, silver-toned, silver-tongued, silver-voiced, silvery, singable, songful, songlike, sonorous, sweet, sweet-flowing, sweet-sounding, tunable, tuned, tuneful
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