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harmonious

hɑrˈmoʊniəs
WordNet
Text ´L ´Harmonie des Lignes et des Teintes´ with image of clothes by Maggy Rouff. Left: Black 'crepe du Maroc' coat for midday lined with white crepe. Right: dress, matching the coat, made of black 'crepe du Maroc'. Page from the fashion magazine Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933).
Text ´L ´Harmonie des Lignes et des Teintes´ with image of clothes by Maggy Rouff. Left: Black 'crepe du Maroc' coat for midday lined with white crepe. Right: dress, matching the coat, made of black 'crepe du Maroc'. Page from the fashion magazine Art-Goût-Beauté (1920-1933).
  1. (adj) harmonious
    existing together in harmony "harmonious family relationships"
  2. (adj) harmonious
    suitable and fitting "the tailored clothes were harmonious with her military bearing"
  3. (adj) harmonious
    exhibiting equivalence or correspondence among constituents of an entity or between different entities
  4. (adj) harmonious
    musically pleasing
Illustrations
View of the Parc Royal in Brussels where a competition for harmonies takes place, 17 July 1827. A large crowd is gathered around a bandstand where an orchestra is playing. Numbered top right: 102.
View of the Parc Royal in Brussels where a competition for harmonies takes place, 17 July 1827. A large crowd is gathered around a bandstand where an orchestra is playing. Numbered top right: 102.
Fabrics from Rodier. A simple short cloth jacket on a Rodier waistcoat "in bright and harmonious colors". Print from the fashion magazine Très Parisien (1920-1936).
Fabrics from Rodier. A simple short cloth jacket on a Rodier waistcoat "in bright and harmonious colors". Print from the fashion magazine Très Parisien (1920-1936).
Allegory of the harmony between Brandenburg and Nassau in the Jülich-Cleves issue, c. 1615. Triumphal gate, with a canvas showing the Brandenburg coat of arms with an eagle and a lion with the coat of arms of Maurice. In the foreground a swan with Cleves' coat of arms around its neck. On the gate a palace or building from which banners with symbols have been attached. In the center a banner with scepter and laurel wreaths by Achilles Germanicus and Cicero Germanicus. With inscriptions in Latin.
Allegory of the harmony between Brandenburg and Nassau in the Jülich-Cleves issue, c. 1615. Triumphal gate, with a canvas showing the Brandenburg coat of arms with an eagle and a lion with the coat of arms of Maurice. In the foreground a swan with Cleves' coat of arms around its neck. On the gate a palace or building from which banners with symbols have been attached. In the center a banner with scepter and laurel wreaths by Achilles Germanicus and Cicero Germanicus. With inscriptions in Latin.
Sheet with an allegorical depiction and two verses arguing for unity, harmony and reconciliation between the religions in the United Netherlands, 1623. Four personifications of Unity, Godliness, Sincerity and Prudence burn incendiary books, pamphlets and prints in the Fire of Love brought by angels. On the right, Charity of the Fatherland dispels Discord and Illegal Governmentalism. On the left, War and Vigilance drag the personification referred to as Opportunity to the hair. At the top, Christ reconciles two adherents of different religions. Under the print is a sheet with an explanation of the representation in verse form in 2 and 3 columns in Dutch.
Sheet with an allegorical depiction and two verses arguing for unity, harmony and reconciliation between the religions in the United Netherlands, 1623. Four personifications of Unity, Godliness, Sincerity and Prudence burn incendiary books, pamphlets and prints in the Fire of Love brought by angels. On the right, Charity of the Fatherland dispels Discord and Illegal Governmentalism. On the left, War and Vigilance drag the personification referred to as Opportunity to the hair. At the top, Christ reconciles two adherents of different religions. Under the print is a sheet with an explanation of the representation in verse form in 2 and 3 columns in Dutch.
Harmonie personified sits on a cloud and plays on a lyre. The performance is set in an ornamental frame that is decorated with musical instruments and sheet music.
Harmonie personified sits on a cloud and plays on a lyre. The performance is set in an ornamental frame that is decorated with musical instruments and sheet music.
Feast in honor of the king in the garden of the Harmonie in Antwerp, 27 May 1829. In the background, King William I receives visitors in a tent. A band is playing on the left. With four-line caption.
Feast in honor of the king in the garden of the Harmonie in Antwerp, 27 May 1829. In the background, King William I receives visitors in a tent. A band is playing on the left. With four-line caption.
Molenvliet and Tanahabang intersection in Batavia, with De Harmonie society on the left and the shop of the tailors Oger Frères on the right. Photo pasted in the photo album entitled: Faces of Java.
Molenvliet and Tanahabang intersection in Batavia, with De Harmonie society on the left and the shop of the tailors Oger Frères on the right. Photo pasted in the photo album entitled: Faces of Java.
The publisher's introduction to the print series entitled Encomium musices on harmony and the art of music. The text starts with a large initial D. The introduction is part of an album.
The publisher's introduction to the print series entitled Encomium musices on harmony and the art of music. The text starts with a large initial D. The introduction is part of an album.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Harmonious
    Acting together to a common end; agreeing in action or feeling; living in peace and friendship; as, an harmonious family.
  2. Harmonious
    Adapted to each other; having parts proportioned to each other; symmetrical. "God hath made the intellectual world harmonious and beautiful without us."
  3. Harmonious
    Vocally or musically concordant; agreeably consonant; symphonious.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. harmonious
    Exhibiting harmony or being in harmony; having parts, forms, relations, or proportions properly accordant each with the others, so that all taken together constitute a consistent or an esthetically pleasing whole; also, being in harmony or concord with something else; congruous.
  2. harmonious
    Specifically, in music, concordant; consonant; symphonious; agreeable to the ear. See harmony.
  3. harmonious
    Marked by harmony in action or feeling; acting or living in concord; peaceable; friendly: as, harmonious government; a harmonious family.
  4. harmonious
    Synonyms Melodious, dulcet, tuneful.
  5. harmonious
    Amicable, brotherly, neighborly, cordial.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. (adj) Harmonious
    having harmony: symmetrical, congruous: concordant
Quotations
One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
Etty Hilsum
Alexander Pope
The hidden harmony is better than the obvious.
Alexander Pope
Hermann Hesse
You are only afraid if you are not in harmony with yourself. People are afraid because they have never owned up to themselves.
Hermann Hesse
Albert Camus
But what is happiness except the simple harmony between a person and life they lead.
Albert Camus
Mahatma Gandhi
Happiness is when what you think, what you say, and what you do are in harmony.
Mahatma Gandhi
Marcus Aurelius
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the universe.
Marcus Aurelius
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary Cf. F. harmonieux,. See Harmony

Usage in the news

Uriah Heep 's progressive/heavy metal fusion, massive keyboards sound, and strong vocal harmonies made them one of the classic heavy metal bands of the 1970s. kmhk.com

"In our nation," President Bush told Pope Benedict XVI at the White House yesterday, "faith and reason coexist in harmony. ashingtonpost.com

Bluegrass duo the Roys make peaceful noise with homespun harmonies. dallasnews.com

With the successful attachment of the new Harmony module by spacewalkers Scott Parazynski and Doug Wheelock today, the astronauts plan to enter their new addition for the first time Saturday. nss.org

All is not harmony on the Hudson. nytimes.com

Every year, the club hosts two big fundraisers: Harmony and High Tea in the fall and Baskets and Buddies in the spring. issaquahpress.com

Brothers in Fact and Harmony. nytimes.com

During live performances, Gwirtzman constructs an ensemble sound for most of his songs, instantly recording one instrumental part atop another until the music crescendos into a propulsive blend of rhythm, melody and harmony. kuar.org

A Biography by Marc Eliot Harmony, 463 pp. nybooks.com

New Harmony Swan Lake justly deserves name. courierpress.com

DENNY SIMMONS / Courier & Press Windsor, a European mute swan, on Swan Lake in back of the New Harmony Inn in New Harmony, Ind. courierpress.com

Underneath it all, Libras strive for balance and are happiest in a harmonious environment. elle.com

Izakaya With Seoul Sushi and bulgogi burritos live together in perfect harmony, side-by-side at Tustin's Haru Izakaya. ocweekly.com

People really can live together in harmony. timesledger.com

You can also loop riffs to figure out perfect harmonies to play. guitarworld.com

Usage in scientific papers

Stolzenburg, F. 2009 A periodicity-based theory for harmony perception and scales.
Music in Terms of Science

In this light, we can see that there is a harmonious convergence between the stochastic approach of Nelson and the de Broglie-Bohm approach.
Space Time as a Random Heap

Infact we have here a harmonious and meaningful convergence of Nelson’s stochastic approach and the de Broglie-Bohm approach, if we recognize the minimum space time cut offs, which again as pointed out, have a Brownian underpinning.
Space Time as a Random Heap

From the necessary harmony of QCD with the electroweak content of the Standard Model, including the Higgs phenomenon, may be derived chiral perturbation theory, and its very successful description of the lowest-energy strong interactions.
Summary: Working Group on QCD and Strong Interactions

After all, gravity and quantum mechanics have yet to be joined harmoniously.
Origin of the Blueshift in Signals from Pioneer 10 and 11

Usage in literature

From these color scales each individual is free to choose combinations in accord with his feeling for color harmony. "A Color Notation" by Albert H. Munsell

Although this might be filled with many groups, yet all formed a harmonious whole. "The Tapestry Book" by Helen Churchill Candee

Consider the most complex and the most harmonious organism. "Creative Evolution" by Henri Bergson

Let the divine image now be stamped upon terrestrial affairs, and bring harmony out of strife. "Homer's Odyssey" by Denton J. Snider

The sense of taste and the wants of the system act in perfect harmony. "How To Behave: A Pocket Manual Of Republican Etiquette, And Guide To Correct Personal Habits" by Samuel R Wells

From the Odeum came the richest music, pealing forth upon the sultry air, and, breaking into softest harmony, melted into the light. "Saronia" by Richard Short

That human nature, as its Creator made it, and maintains it wherever His laws are observed, is entirely harmonious. "The Crown of Wild Olive" by John Ruskin

Absolute communism in the deepest and most harmonious faithfulness prevailed. "An Anarchist Woman" by Hutchins Hapgood

Where the spirit of man comes into harmony with a harmony external to it, there is beauty. "The Gate of Appreciation" by Carleton Noyes

So the party fitted together very harmoniously. "The End of a Coil" by Susan Warner

Usage in poetry
The strings of music here are tun'd
For heavenly harmony,
And every spirit here perfum'd
With perfect sanctity.
"Of Heaven" by John Bunyan Author object (362)
Dim or unheard, the words may fall,
And yet the heaven-taught mind
May learn the sacred air, and all
The harmony unwind.
"Cathchism" by John Keble Author object (382)
But that other smiling sister,
With the blue and laughing eye,
Singing, in a lighter measure,
Strains of woodland harmony:
"Verses Written In An Alcove" by Anna Laetitia Aikin Barbauld
The passing time to note,
Th' harmonious chord they swell:
The cause, though trac'd to years remote,
Tradition does not tell.
"Enigma XXVIII." by Elizabeth Hitchener
The long grass—an earth-rooted sea—
Mimics the watery strife.
To boat or horse? Wild motion we
Shall find harmonious life.
"Songs of the Summer Days" by George MacDonald Author object (244)
Heard, from the speaking stones that strew
The hillside of Success;
From spheres whose harmonies anew
Can those who listen bless;
"A Keynote [Extract]" by Bernard O Dowd Author object (77)