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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
Holly set the tone for what modern rock music would be, and also created a standard for singers penning their own lyrical content, which was a more atypical practice during his era.
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Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
The filmmakers capture all of this with such beauty and empathy, this exhausting undertaking appears lyrical on screen.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
The album’s occasional lack of momentum is echoed in its lyrical focus on languishing and resisting change.
—Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
Stewart has characterized the film as a lyrical battle cry, designed to be a visceral experience for the audience that mirrors the subconscious ways memory lives within the human body.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2026
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Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
The filmmakers capture all of this with such beauty and empathy, this exhausting undertaking appears lyrical on screen.
—Murtada Elfadl, Variety, 1 Feb. 2026
The album’s occasional lack of momentum is echoed in its lyrical focus on languishing and resisting change.
—Benny Sun, Pitchfork, 29 Jan. 2026
Stewart has characterized the film as a lyrical battle cry, designed to be a visceral experience for the audience that mirrors the subconscious ways memory lives within the human body.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 10 Jan. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
Adjective
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His first albums under his own name, 1995’s Earth & Nightfall and 1996’s cult classic Ten Days of Blue, were blissful-sounding ambient techno records that took the melodic sensibilities of the local scene to their cosmic extremes.—
Alex Robert Ross,
Pitchfork,
13 Feb. 2026
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The soundtrack for the full-band pic features a staticky guitar line with melodic vocals that doo-doo-doo (and the studio shot sounds very similar).—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
13 Feb. 2026
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Kaitlyn is a recipient of numerous awards, including a doctoral research SSHRC award and the Metatron Prize for her debut poetic novella ʔbédayine.—
Hazlitt,
Hazlitt,
18 Feb. 2026
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Plus, hosts Nedra Rhone, Najja Parker and DeAsia Paige share the latest on the rebrand of legendary HBCU spring break bash Orange Crush, and wax poetic on Bad Bunny’s Afro-Caribbean connections.—
AJ Willingham,
AJC.com,
18 Feb. 2026
Adjective
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For now, Google continues to frame lyric limits as a test.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Feb. 2026
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In the Summer Games from 1912 to 1948, musicians, painters, and plenty of other aesthetes went brain-to-brain in events such as lyric poetry and chamber music.—
Drew Goins,
The Atlantic,
9 Feb. 2026
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There are ones who are more ideological, others more poetical.—
Scott Roxborough,
HollywoodReporter,
21 Jan. 2026
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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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“Lyrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrical. Accessed 20 Feb. 2026.
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