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Meanings of mellifluous in English

Pleasing to the ear.

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        1
        In his case the words were usually thoughtful, well rounded and mellifluous.
        The Irish Times
        2
        His voice, normally so mellifluous and controlled, cracked on the last word.
        Arthas: rise of the lich king
        3
        He extended his hand, his English refined, mellifluous under his Swiss intonation.
        The bourne identity
        4
        How could a voice so mellifluous carry such an intimation of catastrophe?
        The Neutronium Alchemist
        5
        Everything she said rolled off her tongue in a soft mellifluous melody.
        My horizontal life: a collection of one-night stands
        6
        Some of them, lulled by the narrator's mellifluous voice, began to snore.
        The Underdogs: A Novel of the Mexican Revolution
        7
        He was mesmerized in the mellifluous monotony of rain slapping against the window.
        Corpus of a Siam Mosquito
        8
        His voice is mellifluous but natural, infusing the atmosphere with calm.
        Pandaemonium
        9
        Myriad pardons for me, began the Swami in his mellifluous voice.
        Jewel Weed
        10
        Prosecco, like most Italian words, rolls off the tongue in a mellifluous way.
        The Guardian
        11
        It's more than just the voices that are mellifluous on Ruins.
        Radio NZ
        12
        It was a mellifluous love-song from a popular Opera somewhat out of date.
        Celt and Saxon — Volume 2
        13
        He has a low, slow voice and a mellifluous southern accent.
        Mindhunter
        14
        He had a matchless ear for the mellifluous, incantatory qualities of the language.
        The white war: life and death on the italian front 1915-1919
        15
        And, to complete the incongruity, his greetings were always in mellifluous Donegal Irish.
        The Irish Times
        16
        There was a pause, and the polite gentleman began again in his mellifluous voice:
        Stories by English Authors: England
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