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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
There’s seemingly not much back-and-forth on the lyrical themes or specifics.
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Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Politics Rocks the Palais Cannes’ opening night overflows with lyrical odes to the power of cinema, but this year’s kickoff was overshadowed by the chaos and carnage rocking the world.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 20 May 2025
Queens: Xana, Makayla Couture, the Virgo Queen, Perla Xana is a lyrical terrorist, delivering an overflowing disaster that is unintentionally hilarious.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025
At one point, Pullman’s character hovers motionless in the cloudless sky above New York City—an arrestingly lyrical shot that conveys the quietness of dread.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
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Katherine Turman, Los Angeles Times, 28 May 2025
Politics Rocks the Palais Cannes’ opening night overflows with lyrical odes to the power of cinema, but this year’s kickoff was overshadowed by the chaos and carnage rocking the world.
—Alex Ritman, Variety, 20 May 2025
Queens: Xana, Makayla Couture, the Virgo Queen, Perla Xana is a lyrical terrorist, delivering an overflowing disaster that is unintentionally hilarious.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 12 May 2025
At one point, Pullman’s character hovers motionless in the cloudless sky above New York City—an arrestingly lyrical shot that conveys the quietness of dread.
—Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 24 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
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Wales Bonner’s Spring 2026 menswear show felt like a slow walk on familiar ground, calm, poetic, and deeply personal.—
Karissa Mitchell,
Essence,
25 June 2025
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Seen together, the works move between poetic and unsettling, offering a striking reflection on our entanglement with the natural world.—
Nel-Olivia Waga,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2025
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Told in lyric prose, intercut with biblical references, excerpts of history and nature writing, and myth, this memoir contains essays, vignettes and a series of lists, that read like deep-sea poetry, and which ultimately portray a love of language and everything that exceeds it….—
Dylin Hardcastle
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Kate Beckinsale debuted a new tattoo in honor of her late father, Richard Beckinsale Richard died in 1979 when the actress was 5 years old Her arm tattoo features a David Bowie lyric Kate Beckinsale is honoring her late dad.—
Catherine Santino,
People.com,
5 June 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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In addition, for this film, drinking heart blood had physical, poetical appeal.—
Matt Zoller Seitz,
Vulture,
14 Jan. 2025
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“Lyrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrical. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.
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