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adjective Also, lyr·i·cal.
1.
(of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
2.
pertaining to or writing lyric poetry: a lyric poet.
3.
characterized by or expressing spontaneous, direct feeling: a lyric song; lyric writing.
4.
pertaining to, rendered by, or employing singing.
5.
EXPAND(of a voice) relatively light of volume and modest in range: a lyric soprano.
6.
COLLAPSEpertaining, adapted, or sung to the lyre, or composing poems to be sung to the lyre: ancient Greek lyric odes.
noun
7.
a lyric poem.
8.
Often, lyrics. the words of a song.
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Related forms
lyr·i·cal·ly, adverb
lyr·i·cal·ness, noun
non·lyr·ic, adjective
non·lyr·i·cal, adjective
non·lyr·i·cal·ly, adverb
EXPANDnon·lyr·i·cal·ness, noun
sem·i·lyr·ic, adjective
sem·i·lyr·i·cal, adjective
sem·i·lyr·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·lyr·ic, adjective
un·lyr·i·cal, adjective
un·lyr·i·cal·ly, adverb
un·lyr·i·cal·ness, noun
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Example Sentences
- Wylliams as the instrument of that vision, with his long and eloquently lyrical line and his air of grave triumph.
- Abani is a poet and novelist with a talent for lyrical prose.
- It is fair to say that the journal's prose style has rushed downhill since those first lyrical pages.
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Word Origin & History
lyric
"a lyric poem," 1580s, from M.Fr. lyrique "short poem expressing personal emotion," from L. lyricus "of or for the lyre," from Gk. lyrikos "singing to the lyre," from lyra "lyre." Meaning "words of a popular song" is first recorded 1876.
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