mellifluous
pleasingly smooth and musical to hear
Word origin: From Latin mel, honey, and fluere, to flow.
Mellifluous in a sentence
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The narrator's mellifluous voice made even dull passages enjoyable.
The narrator's mellifluous voice carried the audiobook so well that listeners forgot the prose was being read aloud.
Using “mellifluous” well
Mellifluous describes sound that flows smoothly and sweetly, usually a voice or music. It is reserved for what is pleasant to the ear, never for visual or other qualities.
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