tunefully

tune·ful

(to͞on′fəl, tyo͞on′-)

adj.

1. Full of tune; melodious.

2. Producing musical sounds.

tune′ful·ly adv.

tune′ful·ness n.

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Adv.

tunefully - in a melodious manner; "she sang melodiously"

melodiously

Translations

بنَغَمٍ متآلِف

melodicky

melodiøst

hljómfagurt

ahenklenağmeli

tunefully

[ˈtjuːnfəlɪ] ADV → melodiosamente, armoniosamente

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tunefully

[ˈtjuːnfəlɪ] adv → melodiosamente

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tune

(tjuːn) noun

musical notes put together in a particular (melodic and pleasing) order; a melody. He played a tune on the violin.

verb

1. to adjust (a musical instrument, or its strings etc) to the correct pitch. The orchestra tuned their instruments.

2. to adjust a radio so that it receives a particular station. The radio was tuned to a German station.

3. to adjust (an engine etc) so that it runs well.

ˈtuneful adjective

having a good, clear, pleasant etc tune. That song is very tuneful.

ˈtunefully adverb

ˈtunefulness noun

ˈtuneless adjective

without a good etc tune; unmusical. The child was singing in a tuneless voice.

ˈtunelessly adverb

ˈtunelessness noun

ˈtuner noun

1. (also piˈano-tuner) a person whose profession is tuning pianos.

2. the dial on a radio etc used to tune in to the different stations.

3. a radio which is part of a stereo system.

change one's tune

to change one's attitude, opinions etc.

in tune

1. (of a musical instrument) having been adjusted so as to give the correct pitches. Is the violin in tune with the piano?

2. (of a person's singing voice) at the same pitch as that of other voices or instruments. Someone in the choir isn't (singing) in tune.

out of tune

not in tune.

tune in

to tune a radio (to a particular station or programme). We usually tune (the radio) in to the news.

tune up

(of an orchestra etc) to tune instruments.

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They sang some rude chorus right tunefully as they walked, but their English was so coarse and rough that to the ears of a cloister-bred man it sounded like a foreign and barbarous tongue.

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'She can hardly be named Lizzie, I think, Mary Anne,' returned Miss Peecher, in a tunefully instructive voice.

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Adele sang the canzonette tunefully enough, and with the naivete of her age.

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Not quite - but he was truly and tunefully talented.

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It's certainly not a case of yanking a rope and a bell tunefully ringing.

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Then we are off, carolling as we walk - "God rest ye merry gentlemen!" Trooping tunefully into place - "let nothing ye dismay!" And at the very last, the stars align (I am short, so doubly blessed now) and I have fetched up right alongside from the holy trinity of children's telly.

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Most certainly we have to go on singing the song, blowing the trumpet, banging the drum, but not always louder, more tunefully perhaps.