Meanings
comparative more mellifluously · superlative most mellifluously
- In a mellifluous manner; sweetly.
Govind sang less mellifluously: he partly whined and partly grunted, from his habit of singing while lying on his belly.
1961, V. S. Naipaul, A House for Mr Biswas, Vintage International, published 2001, Part Two, Chapter 42 more examples
When amatory poets sing their loves In liquid lines mellifluously bland, And pair their rhymes as Venus yokes her doves, They little think what mischief is in hand […]
1821, Lord Byron, Don Juan, Canto V, Stanza 1[…] Mr Wyse had made no secret about the pleasure it would give him to hear his sister and herself mellifluously converse in the Italian tongue […]
1931, E. F. Benson, chapter 6, in Mapp and Lucia
Origin
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