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adjectiveof, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument. of the nature of or resembling music; melodious; harmonious. fond of or skilled in music. set to or accompanied by music: a musical entertainment. nounAlso called musical comedy. a play or motion picture in which the story line is interspersed with or developed by songs, dances, and the like. Origin of musicalFirst recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English word from Medieval Latin word mūsicālis.See music, -al1 SYNONYMS FOR musical1 tuneful, dulcet, sweet, lyric. SEE SYNONYMS FOR musical ON THESAURUS.COM OTHER WORDS FROM musicalmu·si·cal·ly, adverbmu·si·cal·i·ty, mu·si·cal·ness, nounan·ti·mu·si·cal, adjectivean·ti·mu·si·cal·ly, adverb an·ti·mu·si·cal·ness, nounnon·mu·si·cal, adjectivenon·mu·si·cal·ly, adverbnon·mu·si·cal·ness, nounpre·mu·si·cal, adjectivepre·mu·si·cal·ly, adverbqua·si-mu·si·cal, adjectivequa·si-mu·si·cal·ly, adverbun·mu·si·cal·i·ty, noun WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH musicalmusical , musicaleWords nearby musicalmushy, mushyheaded, Musial, music, musica ficta, musical, musical box, musical chairs, musical chairs, play, musical comedy, musicale Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for musicalThat effect would have boosted the ability to hear voices and enhanced sounds of drums or other musical instruments, Cox says. Stonehenge enhanced sounds like voices or music for people inside the monument|Bruce Bower|August 31, 2020|Science News If birds have seemed especially musical, that’s because they are, Bravo explains. Why you’re spotting more wildlife during COVID-19|Bethany Brookshire|June 8, 2020|Science News For Students This 17-year-old junior at Iowa City High School also won’t appear in her school musical in April. How to cope as COVID-19 imposes social distancing|Sheila Mulrooney Eldred|March 23, 2020|Science News For Students That’s why Mitchell has to combine his math skills with an excellent musical ear. Science isn’t just for scientists|Silke Schmidt|March 5, 2020|Science News For Students
He was treated like an immigrant, working for minimum wage, missing his family and having to move on from his musical career. Cuban Hip-Hop Was Born in Alamar|Daniel Levin|December 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her very first performance onstage came at the age of 4, when she cameoed as a dancing flower in the musical Bye Bye Birdie. Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST Her mother had a musical theater background, so Malone grew up backstage, watching productions come to fruition. Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom|Marlow Stern|December 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST I heard that at one point you were trying to put together a Batman musical on Broadway. Tim Burton Talks ‘Big Eyes,’ His Taste For the Macabre, and the ‘Beetlejuice’ Sequel|Marlow Stern|December 17, 2014|DAILY BEAST The cultural weather was particularly clement for musical theater writers during this period. When Broadway Musicals Were Dark And Subversive|Laurence Maslon|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST It could convey so much, could be so tender and beseeching, so charged with deepest sadness, so musical always. Jan and Her Job|L. Allen Harker So the adaptation of new words and accompaniment to an old air is a musical composition entitled to protection. A Treatise Upon the Law of Copyright in the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the Crown,|E. J. MacGillivray Of all the musical plays that he produced, this was perhaps his favorite. Charles Frohman: Manager and Man|Isaac Frederick Marcosson and Daniel Frohman Pythagoras reduced the musical scale to a mathematical science. Little Journeys To The Homes Of Great Teachers|Elbert Hubbard My musical education, in spite of the limitations of opportunity just mentioned, was the best that the time could afford. Reminiscences, 1819-1899|Julia Ward Howe.
British Dictionary definitions for musical
adjectiveof, relating to, or used in musica musical instrument harmonious; melodiousmusical laughter talented in or fond of music involving or set to musica musical evening Derived forms of musicalmusically, adverbmusicalness or musicality, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to musicalrhythmic, melodic, symphonic, vocal, choral, operatic, sweet, consonant, pleasing, melodious, blending, agreeable, dulcet, euphonious, harmonious, mellow, orchestral, tuneful, symphonious, chiming Cultural definitions for musical
A play or film that contains musical numbers. Musicals can be comedic (see musical comedy) or serious in tone, such as Porgy and Bess. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |