MEANING
Flowing smoothly with a pleasingly rich or sweet sound.
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- mellifluous voice
- mellifluous tones
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His mellifluous voice made the harsh terms sound almost generous.
A mellifluous melody drifted from the open window.
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Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more mellifluous; superlative most mellifluous. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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