songlike

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for songlike
Adjective
  • Each voice has its own rhythmic room and frequency.
    Daegan Miller June 5, Literary Hub, 5 June 2025
  • Inside, flickering lights, marigold garlands and rhythmic chants create an atmosphere of devotion.
    Zia ur-Rehman Asim Hafeez, New York Times, 30 May 2025
Adjective
  • More specifically, tracks from his 2011 debut mixtape House of Balloons were delivered with the urgency and conviction of that same mysterious musician with a penchant for lyrical tawdriness.
    Candace McDuffie, VIBE.com, 6 June 2025
  • There’s seemingly not much back-and-forth on the lyrical themes or specifics.
    Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Adjective
  • Kate Beckinsale debuted a new tattoo in honor of her late father, Richard Beckinsale Richard died in 1979 when the actress was 5 years old Her arm tattoo features a David Bowie lyric Kate Beckinsale is honoring her late dad.
    Catherine Santino, People.com, 5 June 2025
  • As the Duke, René Barbera, a light and agreeably lyric tenor, goes his own way.
    Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2025
Adjective
  • In the early going, some tender yet mystic motifs suggest the songful chromaticism of Olivier Messiaen.
    Seth Colter Walls, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Widmung as an encore, with natural, songful lyricism.
    Dallas News, Dallas News, 25 June 2022
Adjective
  • Hadi bookmarks this at the end, with a lilting shot of Lamia peering into the marshes.
    Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 16 May 2025
  • The soundtrack is filled with a lilting piano and birdsong; the cameras sweep over the rolling hills and lush greenery.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • So a lot of factors went into the harmonic convergence that coalesced into this critical mass.
    Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
  • The major-sevenths, by stuffing four notes into the chords, offered greater harmonic options, and Sikes was determined to take advantage of them, encouraging Wayne to incorporate the dissonant notes into her high harmonies.
    Tom Roland, Billboard, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Sigur Rós have announced the final leg of their orchestral tour to take place in North America.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
  • This plays to the strengths of orchestral music like John Adams’ The Gospel According to the Other Mary.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 27 May 2025
Adjective
  • The album is almost entirely instrumental, featuring a polyphonic blend of percussion, strings, keyboards, synths, and woodwinds, with André’s flute driving the downbeat.
    Ime Ekpo, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Walter, whose polyphonic sensibility first charmed me in Beautiful Ruins, has here made something salty, sinewy, and satisfying from fairly tough material.
    Emily Temple May 27, Literary Hub, 27 May 2025
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“Songlike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/songlike. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.

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