euphony

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Finally, our group out here settled on Federalist Society as a name, which I suppose makes up in euphony what it lacks in accuracy.

From Salon • Dec. 2, 2021

Listen to how the music unfolds: passages that slyly verge on atonality are linked like gossamer chains to hinge moments of pure tonal euphony, each expressing a clear dramatic point.

From The New Yorker • Feb. 28, 2019

He was richly alive to cadence and euphony.

From Economist • May 23, 2018

Instead of a polite Cambridge-style euphony and mellifluousness, I was striving for vibrant colours, drama, vigour and passion: the elements I thought were the hallmarks of Monteverdi's musical style.

From The Guardian • Sep. 2, 2010

Euphon′ic, -al, Euphō′nious, pertaining to euphony: agreeable in sound.—adv.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various