tunablenesstuneablenessn.
/ˈtjuːnəb(ə)lnɪs/ a. The quality of being tunable; tunefulness, harmoniousness, sweetness of sound.
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society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > [noun] > beauty of sound or melody
melodyc1300
harmonyc1384
sweetness1398
melodiousness1530
tunableness1561
well-sounding1594
air1597
chime1608
suavity1614
melos1740
songfulness1850
tunefulness1882
tuniness1905
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer i. sig. I.iij The tunablenes of musicke is a very great refreshing of..griefs.
1694 W. Wotton Anc. & Mod. Learning (1697) 27 That derived Language actually has a Sweetness and Tunableness in its Composition.
1727 J. Spence Ess. on Pope's Odyssey 15 A general tunableness in the Verse will carry a Man on strangely.
1887 Athenæum 26 Mar. 411/2 There is a certain lilt and tuneableness about some of these songs.
b. figurative. Harmony, concord.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > [noun]
accordmentc1330
accorda1398
consonancya1398
unitya1398
accordancea1400
commoningc1400
convenience1413
correspondence1413
answeringc1425
conformityc1430
consonance1430
congruity1447
concordancec1450
consonantc1475
agreement1495
monochordc1500
conveniencya1513
agreeance1525
agreeableness1531
concinnity1531
congruence1533
harmony?1533
concent1563
tunableness1569
agreeing1575
answerableness1577
concert1578
consent1578
sympathy1578
concord1579
symphonia1579
correspondency1589
atone1595
coherence1597
respondence1598
symphony1598
sortance1600
coherency1603
respondency1603
symbolizing1605
coaptation1614
compositiona1616
sympathizing1632
comportance1648
compliance1649
syntax1649
concinneness1655
symmetry1655
homology1656
consistency1659
consentaneousness1660
consistence1670
comportment1675
harmoniousness1679
symbolism1722
congruousness1727
accordancy1790
sameness1790
consentaneity1798
consilience1840
chime1847
consensus1854
solidarity1874
synchromesh1966
concordancing1976
1569 A. Golding tr. N. Hemmingsen Postill Warning to Ministers sig. b.vi Al the degrees of this realm beeing setled in a moste sweete tunablenesse.
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