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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
British rap star Skepta has issued a challenge to A$AP Rocky to face-off in a rap battle as part of an all-out lyrical clash between UK and US rappers.
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 July 2025
Light shines through as a key lyrical theme in You Should Be Here.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 25 June 2025
Soth, who is based in Minneapolis, is best known for his large-format photography that blends documentary realism with lyrical storytelling.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Joel Alfonso Vargas brings raw authenticity and lyrical vision to a coming-of-age story that pulses with life and urgency.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 July 2025
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Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 7 July 2025
Light shines through as a key lyrical theme in You Should Be Here.
—Heran Mamo, Billboard, 25 June 2025
Soth, who is based in Minneapolis, is best known for his large-format photography that blends documentary realism with lyrical storytelling.
—Joelle Diderich, Footwear News, 1 July 2025
Joel Alfonso Vargas brings raw authenticity and lyrical vision to a coming-of-age story that pulses with life and urgency.
—Leo Barraclough, Variety, 1 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
Adjective
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The first, located in New Orleans, had Bon Appetit's Andrew Knowlton waxing poetic over a collard green sandwich.—
Mackensy Lunsford,
The Tennessean,
2 July 2025
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Gardner taking on Rodgers in Week 1 is just poetic.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
2 July 2025
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Filled with fierce lyric tenderness and clear-eyed commitment to revolutionary aesthetic, Terror Counter devoted to the redemption of the self from a world ready to usurp this resistance.—
Gabrielle Bellot,
Literary Hub,
24 June 2025
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Apple also doubled down on games, added new features, including lyric translation to Apple Music, and introduced new options for its Vision Pro headset, among other things.—
Michele Luhn,
CNBC,
10 June 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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