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as in swaying
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as in jaunty
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Recent Examples of lilting
Maggie Doherty, The New Yorker, 24 Feb. 2025
Adam immediately turned around upon hearing Britton’s lilting opening notes.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 10 Feb. 2025
Lia Ouyang Rusli’s lilting score comes in just as its needed, and editing by Alex O’Flinn and Randi Atkins is perfectly pitched.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Outside Japan, the outros have been swapped for some lilting piano — casualties of the prohibitively expensive cost of licensing the song internationally.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 12 July 2024
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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
Adam immediately turned around upon hearing Britton’s lilting opening notes.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 10 Feb. 2025
Lia Ouyang Rusli’s lilting score comes in just as its needed, and editing by Alex O’Flinn and Randi Atkins is perfectly pitched.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 27 Jan. 2025
Outside Japan, the outros have been swapped for some lilting piano — casualties of the prohibitively expensive cost of licensing the song internationally.
—Eric Vilas-Boas, Vulture, 12 July 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lilting
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An uncharacteristically jaunty montage follows Alex and her charming friends from Wisconsin to South Dakota.—
Matt Cabral,
EW.com,
30 Mar. 2025
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Koerner’s score only has four songs, but the accordionist provides jaunty incidental music throughout, accompanied by the ensemble on a variety of percussion instruments.—
Emily McClanathan,
Chicago Tribune,
19 Mar. 2025
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In 2023, the two were the only musical acts to release a new chart-topping solo album in each of the previous three years.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
22 May 2025
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His selection as Taiwan’s envoy is not based on musical fame alone.—
Ephrat Livni,
New York Times,
21 May 2025
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The award-winning writer was best known for her sprightly tales starring such anthropomorphic characters as sibling pigs and a gang of mice.—
Chloe Veltman,
NPR,
5 Apr. 2025
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The moments in which the camera captures her toned form and her sprightly movements are exciting and impressive.—
Siddhant Adlakha,
Variety,
16 Feb. 2025
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Brightly colored human-size bugs swarm the stage, speaking a chirpy buggy language.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
14 Mar. 2025
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An exhaustingly chirpy series of studies has found that social connection is one of the strongest predictors of well-being, and extroverts are more socially connected.—
Olga Khazan,
Vox,
11 Mar. 2025
Adjective
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Insects, much like their human counterparts, are more lively in the spring and summer when the weather is warmer.—
Simmone Shah,
Time,
20 May 2025
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Book Club with the Rancho Santa Fe Librarians Wednesday, May 28, from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Join us for a lively discussion at the Senior Center of American Dirt by Jeanine Cummins.—
Kris Slugg,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 May 2025
Adjective
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Brat hairstyles come in all forms, like perky ponytails and massive party-girl curls—and both look equally amazing on the dance floor.—
Kara Nesvig,
Allure,
5 May 2025
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But there, under the dry leaves, one plant was already forming perky green rosettes: garlic mustard.—
Zoë Lescaze,
New York Times,
13 Apr. 2025
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The work was conducted in FIU’s battery lab — filled with flashing chargers, humming fans, pumps cycling the air, temperature controllers and other gear — has everything needed to make batteries from scratch.—
Ashley Miznazi,
Miami Herald,
24 Mar. 2025
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Near the entrance of the building's nave, a triptych of towering black computer servers are humming loudly.—
Emma Bowman,
NPR,
23 Mar. 2025
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Come to Mina Penélope’s beautiful property for winemaker Verónica Santiago’s vivacious natural wines and her amber sauvignon blanc.—
Anya von Bremzen,
AFAR Media,
8 May 2025
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But his primary aim is to capture his sister’s joyful and vivacious spirit and interview her friends about her final years.—
Whitney Friedlander,
Los Angeles Times,
7 May 2025
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“Lilting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lilting. Accessed 27 May. 2025.
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