1
: characterized by a rhythmical swing or cadence
a lilting stride
liltingness
noun
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The soundtrack is filled with a lilting piano and birdsong; the cameras sweep over the rolling hills and lush greenery.
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
The film and her lilting performance in it show how grief can coexist with a kind of grace — a peace with the unknowability of what lies beyond.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Strong breezes have come with another day of drizzle, a chaotic and lilting series of gusts that have required extra effort with every flap of her transparent wings and every maneuver through the vegetation.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
Some of Frost’s poems have the lilting quality of lullabies; others seem to deliver their morals in unambiguous terms.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Apr. 2025
The film and her lilting performance in it show how grief can coexist with a kind of grace — a peace with the unknowability of what lies beyond.
—Tim Grierson, Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2025
Strong breezes have come with another day of drizzle, a chaotic and lilting series of gusts that have required extra effort with every flap of her transparent wings and every maneuver through the vegetation.
—Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2025
Some of Frost’s poems have the lilting quality of lullabies; others seem to deliver their morals in unambiguous terms.
—Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
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“Lilting.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lilting. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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