tuny

T1U1N1Y4

adjective

tuneful; melodious

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Meanings

adjectivetuny (comparative tunier, superlative tuniest)

comparative tunier · superlative tuniest

  1. tuneful; melodious

    This is Glass as he wrote in the early 1960s: tame, tonal, tuny music.

    1997, Arthur Cohn, The Literature of Chamber Music: Eggermann to Kyurkchiisky

Origin

From tune + -y.

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APA

tuny. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuny

MLA

“tuny.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuny. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tuny,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tuny.

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