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Dulcet 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 4

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Dulcet 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 4

Dulcet 1100 Words You Need Week 44 Day 4

/ˈdʌl.sət/ (adj)

(of sounds) soft and pleasant to listen to, melodic, melodious, honeyed, sweet and soothing, mellow, euphonious, agreeable

Dulcet tones of a surgeon’s voice may have a hidden meaning
Surgeons who speak with a dominating tone and who sound less concerned in conversation with their patients than other surgeons are more likely to have been sued for malpractice.

In what is described as the first study to show clear links between communication and malpractice among surgeons, researchers found that sampling just a few seconds of conversations between doctors and patients was sufficient to identify doctors with a history of claims against them.

Source: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/

Antonym: cacophonous, harsh

Adverb: dulcetly


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