songful

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English songful, equivalent to song +‎ -ful.

Adjective

songful (comparative more songful, superlative most songful)

1. (rare) Disposed or able to sing; melodious
2. Tending toward, or having the character of, song
   • 2007 June 17, The New York Times, “While Lyrical Moments Abound, Tension Sometimes Simmers”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     But all this attention to Mr. Hamelin’s technical command should not be taken to imply any deficiency in more songful or lyrical moments.

Synonyms

• lyrical
• melodious
• songly

Etymology 2

song +‎ -ful

Noun

songful (plural not attested)

1. An amount expressed in a song.
   • 1989, Kurt Gänzl, Andrew Lamb, Gänzl's book of the musical theatre, page 67:

     ...just as the gondolieri have the useful thought that they will be able to run their kingdom on exemplary egalitarian lines as a compensation for the unrepublican activity of kingship ('For Every One Who Feels Inclined'), as they set off for Barataria to a songful of good advice from their new little wives ('Do Not Forget You've Married Me') who are left waving goodbye to them from the canal bank.

   • 2003, Steven Suskin, Broadway Yearbook 2001-2002: A Relevant and Irreverent Record:

     “Trouble” is a songful of words, and Patinkin delivered each and every one of them.

   • 2015, Barnaby B. Barratt, Psychoanalysis and the Postmodern Impulse:

     In the Cuna treatment many interpretations — a songful of them — appear to "come from" the shaman and to be imposed on the patient by this clinician.