songlike

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He was brainy and clever and had a way of saying my name that sounded songlike in concert with his shy smile.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 8, 2024

The routine, slightly less than six minutes long, is songlike in structure—after each cluster of two or three jokes, Mac yells “Kick it!” and a snippet of cheesy, drum-heavy hip-hop plays.

From The New Yorker • May 8, 2017

One of the set's highlights is a seven-minute canter through Lyle Mays's glistening and vivaciously songlike Chorinho – an increasingly animated and freewheeling exchange in which Law improvises sumptuously.

From The Guardian • Aug. 11, 2011

The melodies are songlike even at their most ambiguous, and Mr. Kimbrough uses his bright, percussive touch to keep them grounded.

From New York Times • Mar. 25, 2010

“Don’t come any closer, son,” she said, and her voice was still intact, just as he remembered it, the healthy, songlike voice of a young girl.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende