unmusical (unmuzikal)

1. Not musical; not harmonious or melodious; not pleasing to the ear. Let argument bear no unmusical sound, Nor jars interpose, secret friendship to grieve. B. Jonson, Tavern Academy. Milton could not have intended to close, not only a period, but a paragraph also, with an unmusical verse. Lowell, Among my Books, 2d ser., p. 296. 2. Not skilled in or fond of music: as, un musical people. unmusicality (un-mū-zi-kal'i-ti), n. The quality of being unmusical. The idea of unmusicality is a relative one. Pop . Sci . Mo., XXXVIL 356. unmusically (un-mü'zi-kal-i), adv . In an unmusical manner; inharmoniously. [Landor's] voice was sweet, and he could not speak un musically , though in a rage. Stedman, Vict. Poets, p. 65. IMG:content-1459.png:[blocks in formation]