tuneful
full of melody; melodious: tuneful compositions.
producing musical sounds or melody.
Origin of tuneful
1Other words for tuneful
Opposites for tuneful
Other words from tuneful
- tune·ful·ly, adverb
- tune·ful·ness, noun
- un·tune·ful, adjective
- un·tune·ful·ly, adverb
Words Nearby tuneful
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How to use tuneful in a sentence
Although she has a tuneful voice, she is not expected to sing.
An Insider at Last, Burma’s Suu Kyi Encounters New Political Woes | Peter Popham | June 14, 2012 | THE DAILY BEASTThe souls of the heroes were sad when she raised the tuneful voice.
The Sorrows of Young Werther | J.W. von GoetheBirds of many kinds raised their tuneful voices, showing their joy in life and in the beauty of the morning.
Prairie Smoke (Second Edition, Revised) | Melvin Randolph GilmoreIt was the voice of a hound dog—not so awful loud, but clear and mellow and tuneful, and carried to us on the wind.
Danny's Own Story | Don MarquisThe lookers-on, knowing that Spalding was ambitious, expected to hear him in the tuneful choir, but he was dumb.
A Letter on Shakspere's Authorship of The Two Noble Kinsmen | William Spalding
Much nestbuilding, tuneful courtship, and masculine blustering was going on, and there was little police duty for Bobby.
Greyfriars Bobby | Eleanor Atkinson
British Dictionary definitions for tuneful
/ (ˈtjuːnfʊl) /
having a pleasant or catchy tune; melodious
producing a melody or music: a tuneful blackbird
Derived forms of tuneful
- tunefully, adverb
- tunefulness, noun
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