as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music the seamless editing gives the lushly romantic film a very mellifluent feel

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Adjective
  • Featuring 270 works, including 160 never before seen, this exhibition that was two years in the making invites audiences on a multi-sensory journey that mixes sculpture, painting, scent, light, sound, dance and poetry into a lyrical universe shaped by love and transformation.
    Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
  • For many across America, Abt was the voice and conscience of cycling, with his lyrical prose weaving the tale of the Tour across the Atlantic Ocean.
    Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 11 July 2025
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  • Filled with fierce lyric tenderness and clear-eyed commitment to revolutionary aesthetic, Terror Counter devoted to the redemption of the self from a world ready to usurp this resistance.
    Gabrielle Bellot, Literary Hub, 24 June 2025
  • Apple also doubled down on games, added new features, including lyric translation to Apple Music, and introduced new options for its Vision Pro headset, among other things.
    Michele Luhn, CNBC, 10 June 2025
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“Mellifluent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mellifluent. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.

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