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euphonious, a.|juːˈfəʊnɪəs|
[f. as euphonical a. + -ous.]
Full of or characterized by euphony; pleasing to the ear. (Often used ironically.)
1774Joel Collier Mus. Trav. (1775) 5, I chose to change my name from Collier to Coglioni or Collioni, as more euphonious. 1797W. Taylor in Monthly Mag. III. 337 Those hexameters are most euphonious whose feet are interwoven. 1836W. Irving Astoria II. 68 Restoring the Indian names, wherever significant and euphonious. 1865Reader 26 Aug. 224/2 Is it grammatical, even if it were euphonious, to say, etc. 1872Jenkinson Guide Eng. Lakes (1879) 189 A lane, bearing the euphonious cognomen of Spooney Green.
Hence euˈphoniously adv., in a euphonious manner, with pleasant sounds.
1836J. Grant Recoll. Ho. Lords xv. 368 His language sounds most euphoniously in your ears. 1856Kane Arct. Expl. II. xii. 125 Thus euphoniously solicited, the Upernaviks sat down and ate. 1867Mill Subj. Women (1869) 22 They euphoniously paraphrase it. |