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canorous

adjective as in melodic

Strong match

Weak matches

adjective as in rich

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Example Sentences

Her titillating descriptions and canorous phrasing are a pleasure — so much so that I wished her to go bolder, to set the scene and capture the characters in rich Technicolor.

Contents of the Phrase.—Here is a great deal of talk about rhythm—and naturally; for in our canorous language rhythm is always at the door.

Have you a friend in the army, especially one who sings occasionally, or if he be not canorous, say a friend who likes to read songs and hear them sung by others?

His engines had frightened her with their canorous roar.

In a twinkling his rifle was at his shoulder, and through the wild canorous note of the wind, Stane caught his hail.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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