| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adverb | 1. In a mellifluent manner.[Websters]
2. In a sweet, soft, saccharine, suave or honied manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. In a luscious, smooth, sleek or silken manner. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective mellifluent.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adjective Form (mellifluent) | 1. Flowing as with honey; smooth; mellifluous.[Websters]. 2. Being fluent, liquid, facile, voluble or eloquent.[Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being smooth, suave, sleek, smarmy or smooth-faced.[Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Being sweet, sugary, saccharine, candied or honied.[Eve - graph theoretic] 5. Being luscious or toothsome.[Eve - graph theoretic] 6. Being honeyed or nectariferous.[Eve - graph theoretic] 7. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb mellifluently.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "MELLIFLUENTLY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references) |
