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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 the title phrase, which Francis immediately fell for, falls pretty squarely in line with classic country wordplay and lyrical imagery.
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 21 July 2025
Shooting in stunning Technicolor in his favorite location, Utah’s Monument Valley, Ford fills the film with lyrical passages while valorizing a soldier whose primary concern is preventing bloodshed rather than facilitating it.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
The lyrical angle of the mental process of finding something super positive was inspired by my love of the album Jill Scott by Jill Scott.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 18 July 2025
The Screenplay/Teleplay Award went to Gold Star, a lyrical Southern drama praised for its literary tone and exploration of grief, spiritual inheritance, and womanhood.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 July 2025
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Andrew Unterberger, Billboard, 21 July 2025
Shooting in stunning Technicolor in his favorite location, Utah’s Monument Valley, Ford fills the film with lyrical passages while valorizing a soldier whose primary concern is preventing bloodshed rather than facilitating it.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 18 July 2025
The lyrical angle of the mental process of finding something super positive was inspired by my love of the album Jill Scott by Jill Scott.
—Ilana Kaplan, People.com, 18 July 2025
The Screenplay/Teleplay Award went to Gold Star, a lyrical Southern drama praised for its literary tone and exploration of grief, spiritual inheritance, and womanhood.
—Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
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Gently narrated in an authentically childlike, poetic voice, Faith is illustrated by Mokshini with lush colors and dreamy, sweeping acrylic and watercolor reminiscent of the artwork in Madeline books.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 Aug. 2025
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Etienne Racine – Solo Exhibition Canadian street photographer Etienne Racine brings a raw, poetic edge to Arles with striking black-and-white images pasted throughout the city and in his gallery show.—
Lee Sharrock,
Forbes.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Irrational violence and lyric visions erupt in lacerating, supremely elegant prose that’s also genuinely funny at times.—
Jon Raymond
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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Starting with singer Michael Hutchence, all the band members held up and subsequently dropped lyric cards in sequence.—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
31 July 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 20 Aug. 2025.
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