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as in melodic
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
the lyrical cadences of voice-over narration give the film a very poignant quality
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as in poetic
having qualities suggestive of poetry
the photographer achieves a very lyrical effect with her intentionally blurred images of flowers growing in the wild
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Recent Examples of lyrical
Even more pertinent, Everett tells his story in short, declarative sentences, a striking difference from many other contemporary novelists who, in an effort to sound lyrical, favor long, convoluted sentences.
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Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Most likely Swift might poach the idea of being sad in Las Vegas as a visual theme or lyrical motif.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
And yet once, in my experience, Lovell went lyrical.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
Despite the lyrical intensity, Offset is fine with the aftermath of it all.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Most likely Swift might poach the idea of being sad in Las Vegas as a visual theme or lyrical motif.
—Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 12 Aug. 2025
And yet once, in my experience, Lovell went lyrical.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 Aug. 2025
Despite the lyrical intensity, Offset is fine with the aftermath of it all.
—Mya Abraham, VIBE.com, 6 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
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If Byrne’s approach recalls that of Colors, Beck’s 2017 pop turn with Greg Kurstin, the touch here is lighter, with the multicultural rhythmic and melodic surprises that always brighten Byrne’s solo work.—
Will Hermes,
Rolling Stone,
4 Sep. 2025
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A lot of it was animal sounds as opposed to melodic sounds.—
Alex Ritman,
Variety,
31 Aug. 2025
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Here, the poetic and essential quality of her prose is at its purest, and at its most piercing, as Romano captures the essence of her life with her husband of five decades, Innocenzo Monti.—
Brian Robert Moore
September 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Sep. 2025
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The web of secrets and confessions, schemes and counterplots, short-term pleasures and far-reaching decisions, are couched in dialogue that is pugnacious, vulnerable, comedic, and sometimes richly poetic, and which feels as spontaneous as it is carefully crafted.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
4 Sep. 2025
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The lyric change brought immediate screams inside Estadio River Plate and across the Swift world.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
26 Aug. 2025
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This is why Dijon’s language works best as sound, not narrative—his rangy, raspy voice seethes and triumphs, mocks and threatens; there’s no world in which his polygonal perspective can be discerned from a lyric sheet.—
Brady Brickner-Wood,
New Yorker,
16 Aug. 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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“Lyrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrical. Accessed 11 Sep. 2025.
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