: not relating to, containing, constituting, or made up of melody : not melodic
The tension is augmented by Jan Radzynski's score, a taut, deliberately amelodic piece for two violins that often approximate the sounds made by a nest of disturbed hornets.—
Joseph H. Mazo, Women's Wear Daily, 21 Apr. 1980
amelodically
adverb
Then, as the theatergoers arrived, he began to play amelodically, as if tuning his instrument.
—Mark Singer, Mr. Personality, (1988) 2005
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