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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[Cf. F.

mélodieux

. See

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.

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Me-lo′di-ous-ly

adv.

–

Me-lo′di-ous-ness

Noun.

Adj.

[See Melody.] Containing melody; musical; agreeable to the ear by a sweet succession of sounds; as a melodious voice; melodious strains.

And music more melodious than the spheres.