Antonyms for musical

Grammar : Adj

Spell : myoo-zi-kuhl

Phonetic Transcription : ˈmyu zɪ kəl

Definition of musical

Origin : early 15c., "pertaining to music; tuneful, harmonious; adept at making music," from Middle French musical (14c.) and directly from Medieval Latin musicalis, from Latin musica (see music). Musical box is from 1829. Children's game musical chairs is attested from 1877, hence use of musical as a modifier meaning "changing rapidly from one to another possessor" (1924). Related: Musically.

adj harmonic, lyrical

Example sentences :

When Vavasor was gone she turned with greater diligence to her musical studies.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

To confess the strange truth, he never told me you were musical.
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Far away through the forest might be heard its musical clangor and swell.
Extract from : « The White Company » by Arthur Conan Doyle

My voice was a marvel even to myself, so rich and full and musical!
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

It was Mattheson, by his own account, who introduced Handel to the musical life of Hamburg.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

The laws of the time gave no protection to musical and dramatic copyright.
Extract from : « Handel » by Edward J. Dent

I scarcely noticed her words; her voice was in my ears, fresh and musical.
Extract from : « The Bacillus of Beauty » by Harriet Stark

It was musical,—but how should there be such music in my solitude?
Extract from : « Footprints on the Sea-Shore (From "Twice Told Tales") » by Nathaniel Hawthorne

From the lower hall the clock chimed one with musical vibrations.
Extract from : « Quaint Courtships » by Various

And there were musical evenings with the Pastor and the Avocat and their wives.
Extract from : « The Incomplete Amorist » by E. Nesbit

Synonyms for musical

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