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extramusical

extramusical adjective: apart from and in addition to music.

Adjective

extramusical (not comparable)

  1. Apart from and in addition to music
    • Dietrich and Lenya lacked a number of singerly virtues, but their strengths lay in a kind of extramusical quality of feeling and experience.1988 February 19, Chris Morris, “Marianne Faithful--Strange Weather”, in Chicago Reader

Origin of extramusical

From extra- + musical.

Questions about extramusical

What does extramusical mean?
Extramusical means apart from and in addition to music.
What part of speech is extramusical?
Extramusical is an adjective.

Words near extramusical in the dictionary

  1. extramundane
  2. extramural
  3. extramurally
  4. extramuscular
  5. extramusculoskeletal
  6. extramusical
  7. extramustine
  8. extramyocardial
  9. extramyocellular
  10. extramyocyte
  11. extramyocytic

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