unvocal
Americanadjective
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not outspoken; reserved; not eloquent in speech; inarticulate.
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not mellifluous, as the speaking voice.
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not melodious; unmusical.
unvocal attempts at writing art songs.
Etymology
Origin of unvocal
Example Sentences
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The very word cantabile emphasizes, by antithesis, the unvocal character of the old florid style.
From Chopin and Other Musical Essays by Finck, Henry Theophilus
In the second-story front room at Mrs. McKee's, the barytone slept heavily, and made divers unvocal sounds.
From K by Rinehart, Mary Roberts
Jerky approximations quickly end In void unvocal chasms.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98 February 15, 1890 by Various
Often Elsie used to delight the unvocal brother and sister by singing one of her hymns, which for days afterwards would echo in some "odd corner" of the lonely little herd-boy's brain.
From Geordie's Tryst A Tale of Scottish Life by Rae, Mrs. Milne
He is a man to keep the world's tongue wagging, not too musically always; though himself of very unvocal nature.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 04 by Carlyle, Thomas
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