songfuladj.

a1400 Prymer (St. John's Cambr.) (1891) 98 Songful weren to me thi riȝtwesnesses in stede of my pilgrimage.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 25 (MED) Þe trew treuly lufer of criste..with-outyn comparison treuly more mede sall he be worthy with songfull ioy prayand.

1728 D. Mallet Excursion i. 20 So pass the songful Hours.

1782 W. Stevenson Hymn to Deity 14 The songful tenants of the air.

1836 New Monthly Mag. 48 150 Thou lov'st the little songful lyre.

1885 S. Cox Expos. vii. 86 Why..should we not enter into it and dwell in a songful security?

1901 Penny Illustr. Paper 1 June 355/2 The..dainty and songful Miss Kate Cutler and Miss Florence Perry.

1977 Gramophone Dec. 1017/3 These are performances which with their rhythmic zest and songful lyricism have one going back repeatedly whether to the early neglected symphonies or the later popular ones.

2015 Sunday Times (Nexis) 11 Oct. (Culture section) 27 The youthful virtuosity of the fast variations and the songful melodies of the slower ones.

1839 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 17 June ‘Robert’..instantly offered his services, ‘wingfully’ and ‘songfully’, and the air at once was filled with his delicious melody.

1888 Sat. Rev. 28 July 108 They crowd into their boats,..and pull songfully towards the Rais.

1978 Gramophone Feb. 1406/3 The stilled beauty of the opening of the symphony..the timeless idylls of the finale, all are slowly, songfully, accommodatingly played.

2006 N.Y. Sun (Nexis) 30 Jan. (Arts & Letters section) 13 He..played lovingly and songfully, as did Mr. Griffiths's orchestra.

1850 C. Kingsley in Fraser's Mag. Sept. 247/1 An earnest songfulness (to coin a word) which Wordsworth seldom attained.

1880 N. Smyth Old Faiths in New Light (1882) vi. 218 All things give unto us,..birds of their songfulness; the moon of her silvery light.

1981 Billboard 1 Aug. 34/4 Associate conductor Robert Henderson gets razor sharp responsiveness from his players as well as tender songfulness when appropriate.

2013 Gramophone (Nexis) Sept. 72 A performance of such rapt songfulness, dazzling poise and tumbling fantasy that Tchaikovsky's inspiration sounds as fresh as the day it was conceived.