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as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
would you care to read your short lyric aloud?
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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
the guitarist sang a gentle lyric while playing
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as in lyrical
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
they performed a slow, lyric dance for the audience
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as in poetic
having qualities suggestive of poetry
the film's lyric photography really enhanced its romantic mood
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Recent Examples of lyric
David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Because every lyric and every melody was very intentional from all our collaborators.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
The lyric change comes after TMZ reported there might already be another woman in Urban’s life.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Someone keeps calling her on the landline and leaving voice messages and texting her mobile phone—bits of song lyrics, compliments, and emoticons.
—David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
Because every lyric and every melody was very intentional from all our collaborators.
—Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
Release Party was a lot of lyric music videos.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 7 Oct. 2025
The lyric change comes after TMZ reported there might already be another woman in Urban’s life.
—Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyric
Noun
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The Iliad tells the story of the Greeks’ greatest warrior, Achilles, who sulks in his tent for most of the poem before rejoining the fight and turning the tide.—
Elizabeth D. Samet,
Foreign Affairs,
29 Oct. 2025
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Her stories, poems, and essays have been anthologized in The Best American Essays, The Breakbeat Poets Vol.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
27 Oct. 2025
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This week, Megan Moroney offers up valuable wisdom enveloped in a lilting ballad, while Maddie Lenhart sings of longing for a carefree night of throwing romantic caution to the wind.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
27 Oct. 2025
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Diane Warren has written power ballads for everyone from Cher to Celine, but her real passion project might just be the four-legged residents of her Malibu sanctuary.—
Chris Gardner,
HollywoodReporter,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Music, instrumental or lyrical, should hover just around normal conversational levels (around 60 to 70 decibels, according to the Hearing Health Foundation).—
Rachel Bernhard,
jsonline.com,
22 Oct. 2025
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The result is short, lyrical narratives that aim to be enjoyable, uplifting, and emotionally instructive.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
22 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Nastia Korkia The Gold Hugo goes to a film that, in spite of very little dialogue, kept us on the edge of our seats with its powerful mise-en-scène and poetic characterizations of people and place.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
24 Oct. 2025
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Catalina’s character is exceptionally well drawn, and the subtle, fantastic elements — unanswered phone calls, a sense of an unseen presence, intuitive impulses — lend the film a distinctive, poetic identity.—
Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
23 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Seconds later, Siwa was back to performing a song about her haters, wearing a homemade jersey bedazzled with her own name.—
Scottie Andrew,
CNN Money,
25 Oct. 2025
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The song combines love at first sight, drugs, and death.—
Josh Crutchmer,
Rolling Stone,
25 Oct. 2025
Noun
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My father began singing a hymn, drowning my voice out.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Oct. 2025
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History and messages were shared through field hymns and songs.—
Taylor Cassidy,
Time,
15 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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The record is signature Oliver, Chris, and Jano cooking up a vibrant, melodic stew — part big-tent soul revival, part joyous dive into the abyss of whatever itch each member is wanting to scratch.—
Garret K. Woodward,
Rolling Stone,
26 Oct. 2025
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Sundae stepped closer as a voice like blue silk drifted over the melodic guitar.—
Carly Tagen-Dye,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
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Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.—
Peter A. Berry,
Variety,
11 July 2025
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Through the map, like the ship, Pace argues, time, space, and place are linked to cultural, personal, poetical, and political memory.—
Abby Clayton,
JSTOR Daily,
29 Apr. 2025
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“Lyric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyric. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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