1) Characterized by melody 2) Having a melody 3) In a melodic style 4) Melodic 5) Melodious 6) Musical 7) Not recitative 8) Of melodic air 9) Tuneful Found on https://www.crosswordclues.com/clue/ariose
Ar'i·ose adjective [ Italian arioso , from aria .] Characterized by melody, as distinguished from harmony. « Mendelssohn wants the ariose beauty of Handel; vocal melody is not his forte; the interest of his airs is harmonic. Foreign Quart. Rev. » Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/A/120