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Taxilinga is mellifluous babble with a few harsh foreign sounds, like butter spiced with broken glass.† (source)
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As it happened, Tibetans who lived to the north of the great mountain already had a more mellifluous name for it, Jornolurignia, which translates to "goddess, mother of the world," and Nepalis who resided to the south called the peak Sagarmatha, "goddess of the sky."† (source)
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A mellifluous female voice on the loudspeaker announced the arrival of a southbound train at gate B. "That's B as in Bubba," the voice said, which Denny found slightly odd.† (source)
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The only difference is that the officers don't wear their ranks on their uniforms: they write them after their names and announce them in the degree to which their speech is pompous, mellifluous, and monotonous.† (source)
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As they listen to the speech, King's mellifluous voice carrying out over the reflecting pools between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument, the audience knows in their hearts that King will rally them to greatness.† (source)
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He extended his hand, his English refined, mellifluous under his Swiss intonation.† (source)
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The man's southern accent disappeared, and his voice morphed into a deeper, mellifluous whisper.† (source)
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Though her French accent was so much part of her that it remained, all the mellifluousness of her manner left her when she was engaged in teaching.† (source)standard suffix: The suffix "-ness" converts an adjective to a noun that means the quality of. This is the same pattern you see in words like darkness, kindness, and coolness.
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He chuckled mellifluously with resonant disdain and authority.† (source)
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Not because of the wrinkles, and the face so old it could not be alive, but because out of the toothless mouth came the strong, mellifluent voice of a twenty-year-old girl.† (source)
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Any bard who possessed such a mellifluous instrument would have his name praised throughout the land as a master of masters.† (source)
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'I do know,' said the old gentleman, laying his finger on his nose, with an air of familiarity, most reprehensible, 'that this is a sacred and enchanted spot, where the most divine charms'—here he kissed his hand and bowed again—'waft mellifluousness over the neighbours' gardens, and force the fruit and vegetables into premature existence.† (source)
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The engines crooned mellifluously as McWatt throttled back to loiter and allow the rest of the planes in his flight to catch up.† (source)
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His German is mellifluous—but now Durrfeld, sidetracked from his righteous rage at the British and the Dutch, subsides into his previous detached self, gazing at the turgid Professor beneath arched eyebrows, looking remotely irritated and bored.† (source)
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She also felt secure in the easy mellifluousness of her accent, attractively Viennese.† (source)
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The Father [mellifluously].† (source)
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