euphonic
Americanadjective
adjective
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denoting or relating to euphony; pleasing to the ear
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(of speech sounds) altered for ease of pronunciation
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Origin of euphonic
Example Sentences
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Reliving those halcyon days, my early 20s and early 40s have melded in euphoric, and euphonic, unison.
From BBC ● Jan. 12, 2024
Then I mangle a “merci” and step between the tables, each crowded with young tech workers speaking in euphonic blends of French and English, to a stool by the window overlooking the crowded street.
From New York Times ● Jun. 23, 2022
They’re the ones I dance in my bedroom with, in part because they’re smaller and lighter, and in part because their tuning is simply more euphonic.
From The Verge ● May 3, 2019
“Tutti,” a work for large instrumental ensemble and electronic sounds, is hardly a “tonal” work, as American neo-Romantics would write, but it is deeply euphonic, drawing on a palette both traditional and exploratory.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 20, 2017
NOTE.—The forms co-, col-, com-, and cor-, are euphonic variations of con-.
From New Word-Analysis by William Swinton
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