: tender, delicate
a love song's melting lyric
… he impressed me with a melting performance of Paola Prestini's "Prelude and Aria" (from her opera "Gilgamesh") with the American Composers Orchestra.—
The New York Times
The New York TimesUpdike's manner of appreciation is softer, more murmurous, more a matter of sighs and attentive ahhhs, but before his tone can turn too melting he pulls himself up and fixes the writer with an arresting phrase or judgment.—James Wolcott
James Wolcott
meltingly
adverb
… meltingly tender berries …
—Elaine Johnson
Elaine Johnson
It was a little plane, with the usual meltingly beautiful air hostess.
—Doris Lessing
Doris Lessing
Phil Masi looked at him meltingly. "Oh gosh, Senator, I'd follow you anywhere."
—Wilfrid Sheed
Wilfrid Sheed
The kitchen does justice to its prime ingredients. Careful braising makes for moist, meltingly tender rabbit that soaks up its sauce like a sponge.
—William Grimes
William Grimes
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“Melting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/melting. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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