1
: characterized by a rhythmical swing or cadence
a lilting stride
liltingness
noun
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Hynes’s grateful curatorial instincts (emboldened by appearances from everyone from Daniel Caesar to an ad-lib-lilting Zadie Smith) only further the contemplative-exuberance aesthetic, making Essex Honey his most quietly explosive album.
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Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Nicholas Brittell delivers a lilting musical score.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Wales, meanwhile, sings in slate and soul—its valleys dotted with woolly sheep and echoed by the lilting notes of male voice choirs drifting from chapel doors.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Reid delivers the deeply romantic verses in a lilting voice.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
Nicholas Brittell delivers a lilting musical score.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 28 Aug. 2025
Wales, meanwhile, sings in slate and soul—its valleys dotted with woolly sheep and echoed by the lilting notes of male voice choirs drifting from chapel doors.
—Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025
Reid delivers the deeply romantic verses in a lilting voice.
—George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2025
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“Lilting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lilting. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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