Balladlike

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Resembling or characteristic of a ballad.

    "This veteran jazz pianist’s new album, “Solo in Mondsee” (ECM), is a solo-piano record of improvisations, most of them balladlike and quite beautiful, even in their most sprawling phases."

Synonyms

All synonyms
balladesqueballadesque

Example

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"This veteran jazz pianist’s new album, “Solo in Mondsee” (ECM), is a solo-piano record of improvisations, most of them balladlike and quite beautiful, even in their most sprawling phases."

Etymology

From ballad + -like.

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