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musical

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mu·si·cal  (myz-kl)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or capable of producing music: a musical instrument.
2. Characteristic of or resembling music; melodious: a musical speaking voice.
3. Set to or accompanied by music: a musical revue.
4. Devoted to or skilled in music.
n.
1.
a. A play or movie that contains musical numbers.
b. A musical comedy.
2. Archaic A musicale.

musi·cal·ly adv.

musical
Adjective
1. of or used in music
2. talented in or fond of music
3. pleasant-sounding; harmonious: musical laughter
4. involving or set to music: a musical biography of Judy Garland
Noun
a play or film that has dialogue interspersed with songs and dances
musicality n
musically adv
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Noun1.musicalmusical - a play or film whose action and dialogue is interspersed with singing and dancing
motion picture, motion-picture show, movie, moving picture, moving-picture show, pic, film, picture show, flick, picture - a form of entertainment that enacts a story by sound and a sequence of images giving the illusion of continuous movement; "they went to a movie every Saturday night"; "the film was shot on location"
play - a theatrical performance of a drama; "the play lasted two hours"
Adj.1.musical - characterized by or capable of producing music; "a musical evening"; "musical instruments"
2.musical - talented in or devoted to music; "comes from a very musical family"
nonmusical, unmusical - lacking interest in or talent for music; "too unmusical to care for concerts"; "it is unfortunate that her children were all nonmusical"
3.musical - characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music; "a musical speaking voice"; "a musical comedy"
nonmusical, unmusical - not musical in nature; "the unmusical cry of the bluejay"
4.musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"

musical
adjective melodious, lyrical, harmonious, melodic, lilting, tuneful, dulcet, sweet-sounding, euphonious, euphonic << OPPOSITE discordant
Translations
Spanish musical [ˈmjuːzɪkl] adjmelodioso; [person] → musical
n (show) → (comedia) musical m

French musical [ˈmjuːzɪkl] music adjmusical(e); [person] → musicien(ne)
n (= show) → comédie musicale

German musical [ˈmjuːzɪkl] music adjmusikalisch;
(sound, tune) → melodisch
nMusical nt

Italian musical [ˈmjuːzɪkəl] adjmusicale
n (show) → commedia musicale

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If a tuning-fork could be made to sing by a magnet or an electrified wire, why would it not be possible to make a musical telegraph--a telegraph with a piano key-board, so that many messages could be sent at once over a single wire?
A TRUTHFUL Man, finding a musical instrument in the road, asked the name of it, and was told that it was a fish-horn.
(Count of the Holy Roman Empire, Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Brazen Crown, Perpetual Arch-Master of the Rosicrucian Masons of Mesopotamia; Attached (in Honorary Capacities) to Societies Musical, Societies Medical, Societies Philosophical, and Societies General Benevolent, throughout Europe; etc.
 
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