melodious
adjective
of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
unmelodiously
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a word derived from
melodious.
Example Sentences
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Lonergan's new students start by tittering at his singsong voice and unmelodiously flat Latin pronunciation, and end by despairing at his blithe unconcern for the frailties of lesser intellects.
From Time Magazine Archive
Down in the valley two or three pairs of blue cranes roamed about picking in the grass, and every now and then their strange rasping note floated not unmelodiously through the calm.
From The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier by Bertram Mitford
It was so precisely the tone of a stage clock—high and pretentious, and with a disturbing suggestion of being unmelodiously flawed.
From The Jervaise Comedy by J. D. (John Davys) Beresford
The pipe of an itinerant plumber whined and squeaked unmelodiously, and the horn of a passing automobile hiccoughed in the distance.
From The Transgression of Andrew Vane a novel by Guy Wetmore Carryl
Before the latter squatted or lounged in groups quite a number of red-blanketed figures, and the deep bass hum of their voices, and an occasional laugh, rose not unmelodiously upon the still air.
From Harley Greenoak's Charge by Bertram Mitford
