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TUNEFUL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tuneful mean?
• TUNEFUL (adjective)
The adjective TUNEFUL has 1 sense:
1. having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
Familiarity information: TUNEFUL used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a musical sound; especially a pleasing tune
Synonyms:
melodious; tuneful
Antonym:
tuneless (not having a musical sound or pleasing tune)
Derivation:
tunefulness (the property of having a melody)
Context examples
After that, the little brown hood slipped through the hedge nearly every day, and the great drawing room was haunted by a tuneful spirit that came and went unseen.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
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