musically

English

Etymology

From Middle English musicallye, musikili; equivalent to musical +‎ -ly.

Adverb

musically (comparative more musically, superlative most musically)

1. In a musical manner.

   The wind chimes tinkled musically in the breeze.

   • 1887, H. Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure‎^[1]:

     A gentle breeze fills the huge sail of our dhow, and draws us through the water that ripples musically against her sides.

   • 1970, Larry Niven, Ringworld, page 276:

     Prill laughed musically[.]

2. In terms of music.

   The film looked good, but was musically lacking.

Translations

in a musical manner

• Finnish: musiikillisesti (fi), musikaalisesti (fi)
• French: musicalement (fr)
• Galician: musicalmente (gl)
• German: musikalisch (de)
• Italian: musicalmente (it)
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• Maltese: mużikalment
• Polish: muzycznie (pl)
• Romanian: muzical (ro)
• Spanish: musicalmente (es)