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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 lyrical content of Vernon’s records have long been marked with a tinge of turmoil, and his tendency towards heavy introspection has, at times, cornered him into a trope of a melancholy, lovesick songwriter.
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Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
There is a soca star whose lyrical currency is nostalgia for those days: Bunji Garlin.
—Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Set in Watts, the film is a lyrical, neo-realist snapshot of a community, family, and slaughterhouse worker all coping with the monotony and powerlessness society forces them to endure.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
District 13 Commissioner René Garcia initially opposed the proposal due to lyrical content, but ended up changing her mind.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2025
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Leah Lu, Rolling Stone, 7 Apr. 2025
There is a soca star whose lyrical currency is nostalgia for those days: Bunji Garlin.
—Baz Dreisinger, Forbes.com, 5 Apr. 2025
Set in Watts, the film is a lyrical, neo-realist snapshot of a community, family, and slaughterhouse worker all coping with the monotony and powerlessness society forces them to endure.
—Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 31 Mar. 2025
District 13 Commissioner René Garcia initially opposed the proposal due to lyrical content, but ended up changing her mind.
—Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
Adjective
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The Rockies waxed poetic in their description of the new uniforms.—
Patrick Saunders,
Denver Post,
12 Apr. 2025
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Silvio Rodríguez is a pioneer of la nueva trova, a music movement that emerged in Cuba in the late 1960s blending poetic lyrics with social and political themes.—
Isabela Raygoza,
Billboard,
11 Apr. 2025
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Moreover, the combination of the specific chord progression in the melody paired with the verbatim hook was a greater than 50% clone of Vance’s original work, in both lyric choice and chord expressions.—
Anthony Robledo,
USA TODAY,
21 Mar. 2025
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Doja Rat stated that Strange claimed to have over 300 songs and handwritten lyric sheets.—
Steven J. Horowitz,
Variety,
19 Mar. 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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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 22 Apr. 2025.
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