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Definition of Musicalness
1. Noun. The property of sounding like music.
Generic synonyms: Sound Property
Specialized synonyms: Lyricality, Lyricism, Songfulness, Melodiousness, Tunefulness, Texture
Attributes: Musical, Nonmusical, Unmusical
Derivative terms: Musical, Musical, Musical, Musical, Musical
Definition of Musicalness
1. n. The quality of being musical.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Musicalness
Literary usage of Musicalness
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Harper's New Monthly Magazine by Henry Mills Alden (1881)
"... and the poem descriptive of Belshazzar's Feast, are remarkable for their vigor
and musicalness. THE most minute, and also the most ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature: Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"The musicalness of it and the delicately ideal treatment of the love passion were
noticeable characteristics. In his subsequent books — 'The Celestial ..."
3. The Cumulative Book Index by H.W. Wilson Company (1903)
"... and new-mown hay, the sweet musicalness of rippling brooks, the delicate
atmosphere of the quiet life, and the savor of the old-time spirit. ..."
4. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, George Walter Prothero (1834)
"... plots—the frequent clumsiness in the conduct of them, and the rudeness of the
verse, which has neither the ease of prose nor the musicalness of metre. ..."
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