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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
- But it quickly descended into a debate about what makes a song lyric bad.
- There is no index, no discography and no complete lyric or score of any of the songs.
- One noticeable difference, however, is that every lyric has been replaced by their studio engineer singing the word meow.
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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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The American Heritage® New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
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LYRIC definition
Language for Your Remote Instruction by Computer. A CAI language implemented as a Fortran preprocessor.
["Computer Assisted Instruction: Specification of Attributes for CAI Programs and Programmers", G.M. Silvern et al, Proc ACM 21st Natl Conf (1966)].
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