Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a mellifluous manner; with sweetly flowing sound.
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- adverb In a
mellifluous manner;sweetly
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Examples
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Born in New Mexico to Yemeni parents in 1971 and largely educated in the U.S., he spoke mellifluously and possessed a deep understanding of Western popular culture.
Terror on Trial William Shawcross 2012
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Annabel Scholey is too pleasing as Lady Anne: when she loses her temper, she doesn't so much curse as mellifluously express herself, but Gemma Jones's Queen Margaret is impressive: a glowering, dogged presence who hovers as a constant reproach in her jumble-sale coat and uncombed hair.
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Then the mellifluously monikered tweeter @boogerpussy suggested: ".@jeffjarvis Hashtag it: #FUCKYOUWASHINGTON."
Jeff Jarvis: #f*ckyouwashington: The Story of a Hashtag and a Movement Jeff Jarvis 2011
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The opener, entitled, "The Sea," by My Brightest Diamond, finds Worden at her most ethereal yet, her voice hovering mellifluously over a somber drone, before segueing into the kind of indelible rhythmic groove Worden's fans have come to enjoy.
Daniel J. Kushner: Beyond Ecstatic: The Multimedia Fever Dream of "Letters to Distant Cities" Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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Annabel Scholey is too pleasing as Lady Anne: when she loses her temper, she doesn't so much curse as mellifluously express herself, but Gemma Jones's Queen Margaret is impressive: a glowering, dogged presence who hovers as a constant reproach in her jumble-sale coat and uncombed hair.
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Mr. Norris, who could more than hold his own against Buck Mulligan , talks so fast and mellifluously that it's impossible to jot down much more than every other sentence.
A Scholar Senator Speaks Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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Then the mellifluously monikered tweeter @boogerpussy suggested: ".@jeffjarvis Hashtag it: #FUCKYOUWASHINGTON."
Jeff Jarvis: #f*ckyouwashington: The Story of a Hashtag and a Movement Jeff Jarvis 2011
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The opener, entitled, "The Sea," by My Brightest Diamond, finds Worden at her most ethereal yet, her voice hovering mellifluously over a somber drone, before segueing into the kind of indelible rhythmic groove Worden's fans have come to enjoy.
Daniel J. Kushner: Beyond Ecstatic: The Multimedia Fever Dream of "Letters to Distant Cities" Daniel J. Kushner 2011
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In Szechuan restaurants I eat livers gong bao and the mellifluously named flower-exploded kidneys.
'My name is Jay and I am powerless in the face of pork belly' 2010
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Mezzo-soprano Lauren McNeese brought verve to the "trousers" role of Cherubino (once von Stade's calling card); John Relyea's bass voice boomed out mellifluously as Figaro, and baritone Nathan Gunn was alternately menacing and put-upon as the conniving Count.
James Conlon Celebrates 60th Birthday With Double Dose Of Mozart At Ravinia 2010
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