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MUSICAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
Synonyms:
musical; musical comedy; musical theater
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("musical" is a kind of...):
film; flick; motion-picture show; motion picture; movie; moving-picture show; moving picture; pic; picture; picture show (a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement)
play (a theatrical performance of a drama)
Derivation:
musical (containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody)
musical (characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody
Example:
the melodious song of a meadowlark
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
ariose; songlike (having a melody (as distinguished from recitative))
canorous; songful (richly melodious)
cantabile; singing (smooth and flowing)
dulcet; honeyed; mellifluous; mellisonant; sweet (pleasing to the ear)
lyrical (suitable for or suggestive of singing)
Derivation:
music (any agreeable (pleasing and harmonious) sounds)
musical (a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing)
musicality; musicalness (the property of sounding like music)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music
Example:
a musical comedy
Classified under:
Similar:
chanted (sung or uttered rhythmically in a monotone)
liquid (smooth and flowing in quality; entirely free of harshness)
singable (suitable for singing)
Attribute:
musicality; musicalness (the property of sounding like music)
Antonym:
unmusical (not musical in nature)
Derivation:
music ((music) the sounds produced by singers or musical instruments (or reproductions of such sounds))
musical (a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing)
musicality; musicalness (the property of sounding like music)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Talented in or devoted to music
Example:
comes from a very musical family
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
philharmonic (devoted to or appreciative of music)
Antonym:
unmusical (lacking interest in or talent for music)
Derivation:
music (musical activity (singing or whistling etc.))
Sense 4
Meaning:
Characterized by or capable of producing music
Example:
musical instruments
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Derivation:
musicalness (the property of sounding like music)
Context examples:
Mars will meet with Neptune December 13, indicating a day when you may see profit related to a creative project, perhaps something artistic or musical.
(AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)
You use your fingers and thumbs to do everything from grasping objects to playing musical instruments to typing.
(Finger Injuries and Disorders, NIH)
"So, I recrafted the algorithm so it could transform the data into a musical blues scale."
(Does Our Galaxy Sound Like Funky Blues Music?, George Putic/VOA)
Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They were neatly done in charcoal upon the white surface, and looked to me at first sight like some sort of rough musical score.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The rooks cawed, and blither birds sang; but nothing was so merry or so musical as my own rejoicing heart.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
A document or statement granting exclusive right to own, publish, and sell literary, musical, or artistic work, or intellectual property.
(Copyright, NCI Thesaurus)
Are they musical?
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
With his personal advantages and his extraordinary gifts—for he can speak several languages and play nearly every musical instrument—it is wonderful that he should have been satisfied so long in such a position, but I suppose that he was comfortable, and lacked energy to make any change.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
If my vanity had taken a musical turn, you would have been invaluable; but as it is, I would really rather not sit down before those who must be in the habit of hearing the very best performers.
(Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen)
