MUSICALNESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does musicalness mean? 

• MUSICALNESS (noun)
  The noun MUSICALNESS has 1 sense:

1. the property of sounding like music

  Familiarity information: MUSICALNESS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSICALNESS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The property of sounding like music

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

musicality; musicalness

Hypernyms ("musicalness" is a kind of...):

sound property (an attribute of sound)

Attribute:

musical (characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music)

nonmusical; unmusical (not musical in nature)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "musicalness"):

lyricality; lyricism; songfulness (the property of being suitable for singing)

melodiousness; tunefulness (the property of having a melody)

texture (the musical pattern created by parts being played or sung together)

Derivation:

musical (containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody)

musical (characteristic of or resembling or accompanied by music)

musical (characterized by or capable of producing music)