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Harmonious

adjective

Musically pleasing.

Exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities. Synonyms: proportionate, symmetrical.

Suitable and fitting.

Existing together in harmony.

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... of politics our views were harmonious. I had the same Conservative principles as she, and I heartily agreed with all that she uttered on that point. This was the first step to our mutual understanding. The second step was taken when we joined each other in defence of our principles against persons of opposing views; and the third ...

— Dr. Dumany's Wife • Mr Jkai

... technical sense of literature it is one of the most remarkable achievements of that age; as poetical as Swinburne and far more perfect. In this verbal sense its most arresting quality is a combination of something haunting and harmonious that flows by like a river or a song, with something else that is compact and pregnant like a pithy saying picked out in rock by the chisel of some pagan philosopher. It is at once a tune that escapes and an inscription that remains. Thus, alone among the reckless ...

— The Victorian Age in Literature • G. K. Chesterton

... originality hasn't been quite a success. The concert's not as harmonious as I hoped. Come ...

— Love's Shadow • Ada Leverson

... they are built of brick, and are extremely commodious and comfortable. The building above is the Church, as the tower denotes; it is built of stone, and has a peal of eight bells therein, but they are not very harmonious. On the right of the one road leading to the church, the building with four windows and two doors in front, and the erection above it, are two Government Store-houses, built of brick and plaister; the first is generally ...

— The Present Picture of New South Wales (1811) • David Dickinson Mann

... perusal of the history of human development will disclose two elements in bitter conflict with each other; elements that are only now beginning to be understood, not as foreign to each other, but as closely related and truly harmonious, if only placed in proper environment: the individual and social instincts. The individual and society have waged a relentless and bloody battle for ages, each striving for supremacy, because each was blind to the value and importance of the other. The individual and social instincts,—the ...

— Anarchism and Other Essays • Emma Goldman

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