Musical Meaning
/ˈmju.zɪ.kəl/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjOf, belonging or relating to music, or to its performance or notation.
adjPleasing to the ear; sounding agreeably; having the qualities of music; melodious; harmonious.
Sentence Examples
Do you play a musical instrument?
Some learned to play musical instruments.
She played a beautiful tune on her musical instrument.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ show featured many songs and dances by the talented actors.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The school's annual ____ production was a huge success, with several very talented students performing various popular songs from several different famous Broadway shows.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English musical, from Old French [Term?], from Medieval Latin mūsicālis, from Latin mūsica (“music”) + -ālis (suffix forming adjectives); equivalent to music + -al.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Musical beds is the faculty sport around here."
— 1962, Edward Albee, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?: A Play, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 34:
"Musical seats upon an airplane is not a game I recommend."
— 2004, Mike Bright, A Dream Realized: A Collection of Poems by Cowboy Mike Bright, Xulon Press, →ISBN, page 341:
"“Sounds like y'all are playing musical houses. How did you convince your mama to move to Austin?”"
— 2006, Evelyn Palfrey, The Price of Passion, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 441:
"Parties were splitting, forming, merging, and dissolving in such rapid succession that the game of musical chairs seemed to describe what was going on better than any known theory of political science."
— 2011, Leonard James Schoppa, The Evolution of Japan's Party System: Politics and Policy in an Era of Institutional Change, University of Toronto Press, →ISBN, page 14:
"Among my small circle of college friends, and even more so among the volunteers here, couples are so often changing places, people playing musical lovers."
— 2014, Tyler McMahon, Kilometer 99: A Novel, St. Martin's Griffin, →ISBN, page 138:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The ____ show featured many songs and dances by the talented actors.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The school's annual ____ production was a huge success, with several very talented students performing various popular songs from several different famous Broadway shows.