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tuneful

[ toon-fuhl, tyoon- ]

adjective

  1. full of melody; melodious:

    tuneful compositions.

    Synonyms: sweet, dulcet, harmonious, musical

    Antonyms: discordant

  2. producing musical sounds or melody.


tuneful

/ ˈtjuːnfʊl /

adjective

  1. having a pleasant or catchy tune; melodious
  2. producing a melody or music

    a tuneful blackbird



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Derived Forms

  • ˈtunefulness, noun
  • ˈtunefully, adverb

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Other Words From

  • tuneful·ly adverb
  • tuneful·ness noun
  • un·tuneful adjective
  • un·tuneful·ly adverb

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Word History and Origins

Origin of tuneful1

First recorded in 1585–95; tune + -ful

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Example Sentences

Although she has a tuneful voice, she is not expected to sing.

The souls of the heroes were sad when she raised the tuneful voice.

Birds of many kinds raised their tuneful voices, showing their joy in life and in the beauty of the morning.

It was the voice of a hound dog—not so awful loud, but clear and mellow and tuneful, and carried to us on the wind.

The lookers-on, knowing that Spalding was ambitious, expected to hear him in the tuneful choir, but he was dumb.

Much nestbuilding, tuneful courtship, and masculine blustering was going on, and there was little police duty for Bobby.

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