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dulcet

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dul·cet  (dlst)
adj.
1.
a. Pleasing to the ear; melodious.
b. Having a soothing, agreeable quality.
2. Archaic Sweet to the taste.
[Alteration (influenced by Latin dulcis) of Middle English doucet, from Old French, diminutive of douce, feminine of doux, sweet, from Latin dulcis.]
dulcet·ly adv.
dulcet [dull-sit]
Adjective
(of a sound) soothing or pleasant: she smiled and, in dulcet tones, told me I would be next [Latin dulcis sweet]
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Adj.1.dulcet - extremely pleasant in a gentle way; "the most dulcet swimming on the most beautiful and remote beaches"
pleasant - affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings; "we had a pleasant evening together"; "a pleasant scene"; "pleasant sensations"
2.dulcet - pleasing to the ear; "the dulcet tones of the cello"
mellifluous, mellisonant, honeyed, sweet
melodic, melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"
dulcet
adjective sweet, pleasing, musical, charming, pleasant, honeyed, delightful, soothing, agreeable, harmonious, melodious, mellifluous, euphonious, mellifluent


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The morning found him still upon the field of action, but in sad and sorrowful condition; suffering the penalties of past pleasures, and calling to mind the captain's dulcet compound, with many a retch and spasm.
The Adventures of Captain Bonneville, U.S.A., in the Rocky Mountains and the far West by Irving, Washington View in context
The other nostril being closed by a peculiar movement of the muscles about the nose, the breath is forced into the tube, and produces a soft dulcet sound which is varied by the fingers running at random over the stops.
Typee by Melville, Herman View in context
Sparsit; after acknowledging the compliment with a drooping of her dark eyebrows, not altogether so mild in its expression as her voice was in its dulcet tones; 'as regards the intimacies we form at one time, with individuals we were quite ignorant of, at another.
Hard Times by Dickens, Charles View in context
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