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euphony

[yoo-fuh-nee] / ˈju fə ni /
NOUN
harmony
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The hyperbole, salesmanship and euphony of the expression match his literate satirical persona.

From New York Times Jun. 30, 2023

Finally, our group out here settled on Federalist Society as a name, which I suppose makes up in euphony what it lacks in accuracy.

From Salon Dec. 2, 2021

Listen to how the music unfolds: passages that slyly verge on atonality are linked like gossamer chains to hinge moments of pure tonal euphony, each expressing a clear dramatic point.

From The New Yorker Feb. 28, 2019

He was richly alive to cadence and euphony.

From Economist May 23, 2018

O is simply the nominative of an article which very frequently is placed before a proper name to give it emphasis, or even for the sake of euphony.

From Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. by Scherzer, Karl Ritter von

The souls from different parts of the earth recognize each other and converse in human language, but, unless practiced, it is forgotten and our euphonies take its place.

From The Certainty of a Future Life in Mars by Gratacap, L. P.

But to Meredith the euphonies of France were not strange.

From The Car That Went Abroad Motoring Through the Golden Age by Paine, Albert Bigelow

And the city?—Oh, my dear, my dear, I never expected to encounter anything so much out of key with the essential euphonies.

From The Wit and Humor of America, Volume IV. (of X.) by Wilder, Marshall Pinckney




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