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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
As with many lyrical coming-of-age films (like All Dirt Road Taste of Salt, for example), Renoir rewards patience with fragmented narratives and surrealist touches.
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
His celebrated landscape series, such as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, capture a lyrical relationship between people and place, expressed through subtle colour, elegant composition, and a deep sensitivity to the rhythms of nature and travel.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
This week's quiz highlights May marvels, hamburger history, lyrical legends — and more.
—Khloe Quill , Reem Amro, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2025
Tim has finally crossed the lyrical genre off his bucket list with Juliet & Romeo (now playing in theaters nationwide; click here for tickets).
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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Lovia Gyarkye, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2025
His celebrated landscape series, such as The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō and One Hundred Famous Views of Edo, capture a lyrical relationship between people and place, expressed through subtle colour, elegant composition, and a deep sensitivity to the rhythms of nature and travel.
—Lee Sharrock, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
This week's quiz highlights May marvels, hamburger history, lyrical legends — and more.
—Khloe Quill , Reem Amro, FOXNews.com, 11 May 2025
Tim has finally crossed the lyrical genre off his bucket list with Juliet & Romeo (now playing in theaters nationwide; click here for tickets).
—Josh Weiss, Forbes.com, 11 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
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Joanna Allen’s rare mix of poetic expression and technical mastery caught the eye of Bowman Sculpture.—
Nina-Sophia Miralles,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2025
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Manson’s poetic suffering, and her bandmates’ alt-rock songwriting ingenuity, led to a catchy, memorable album that sits with their best work from the Nineties.—
Kory Grow,
Rolling Stone,
28 May 2025
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Less prominent were the opera’s wondrous lyric moments or a sense of Golijov’s inventive, multifaceted musical sources.—
Mark Swed,
Los Angeles Times,
9 May 2025
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The song has been streamed on Spotify more than 62 million times, drawn more than 50 million views for its two lyric videos on YouTube, and featured in more than 43,000 TikToks and Instagram reels collectively.—
Eda Uysen,
Rolling Stone,
3 May 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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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 4 Jun. 2025.
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