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tunableness, tune-|ˈtjuːnəb(ə)lnɪs| [f. prec. + -ness.] The quality of being tunable; tunefulness, harmoniousness, sweetness of sound.
1561T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer i. I iij, The tunablenes of musicke is a very great refreshing of..griefs. 1694W. Wotton Anc. & Mod. Learn. (1697) 27 That derived Language actually has a Sweetness and Tunableness in its Composition. 1727J. Spence Ess. on Pope's Odyss. 15 A general tunableness in the Verse will carry a Man on strangely. 1887Athenæum 26 Mar. 411/2 There is a certain lilt and tuneableness about some of these songs. b. fig. Harmony, concord.
1569Golding Heminges Post. Ded. 21 All the degrees of the realme being setled in a most sweete tunablenesse. |