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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
The boys are now competitive dancers, doing jazz, tap and lyrical ballet, and Donoghue keeps in touch with many of the performers, sending them Christmas cards and messaging them on Facebook.
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Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Keith Urban's romantic lyrical liberties are to be taken very lightly — so says the country singer amid his divorce from Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
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
The result is short, lyrical narratives that aim to be enjoyable, uplifting, and emotionally instructive.
—William Jones, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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Shannon Pettypiece, NBC news, 24 Oct. 2025
Keith Urban's romantic lyrical liberties are to be taken very lightly — so says the country singer amid his divorce from Hollywood superstar Nicole Kidman.
—Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 24 Oct. 2025
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
The result is short, lyrical narratives that aim to be enjoyable, uplifting, and emotionally instructive.
—William Jones, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
Adjective
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The score consists of fifty-three melodic cells in and around the key of C; the performers are directed to move through these cells at their own pace, repeating them at will before moving on to the next.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
3 Nov. 2025
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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
Adjective
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The world is made of rooms, like hers, where private life takes place and the poetic imagination lights and then finds its way to the market square.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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The most poetic plumbers, in our research, really talk specifically about one or two core values.—
Fortune Editors,
Fortune,
29 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Yet amidst this external focus on varied lyric forms, the drive in this collection feels narrative, the stories history doubling and echoing myth and history.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
3 Nov. 2025
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Keith Urban is setting the record straight after fans analyzed his lyric swaps post-Nicole Kidman split.—
Taijuan Moorman,
USA Today,
24 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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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 6 Nov. 2025.
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