mellifluous
adjective
sweetly or smoothly flowing; sweet-sounding: mellifluous tones.
mellifluousness
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a word derived from
mellifluous.
Example Sentences
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Yet for all of the actor’s efforts, the film around him does not match his mellifluousness.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2023
Williams taps the ‘90s R&B she grew up on, brushing piano beats with her soulful mellifluousness on tracks like “Hole in the Ground” and “Dandelion.”
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 13, 2018
Their double piano act was a sendup of their own mainstream mellifluousness, self-satirizing and sentimental all at once.
From New York Times ● Jun. 11, 2018
The dazzling Olivo’s work here demonstrates her range and magnetism; Karimloo and Miles infuse a mellifluousness into everything they sing.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2018
In this condition of things it may seem useless to found any claim for Poe on the ground of the exquisite mellifluousness of his versification.
From Some Diversions of a Man of Letters by Edmund Gosse
