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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 Screenplay/Teleplay Award went to Gold Star, a lyrical Southern drama praised for its literary tone and exploration of grief, spiritual inheritance, and womanhood.
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 July 2025
In a video, shared exclusively with Vogue, the new creative director reveals his taste for lyrical restraint and a serious obsession with sound.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 15 July 2025
Clipse tapped Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Stove God Cooks, and more for their lyrical exhibition.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 15 July 2025
Featuring 270 works, including 160 never before seen, this exhibition that was two years in the making invites audiences on a multi-sensory journey that mixes sculpture, painting, scent, light, sound, dance and poetry into a lyrical universe shaped by love and transformation.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Shelby Stewart, Essence, 17 July 2025
In a video, shared exclusively with Vogue, the new creative director reveals his taste for lyrical restraint and a serious obsession with sound.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 15 July 2025
Clipse tapped Kendrick Lamar, Nas, Stove God Cooks, and more for their lyrical exhibition.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 15 July 2025
Featuring 270 works, including 160 never before seen, this exhibition that was two years in the making invites audiences on a multi-sensory journey that mixes sculpture, painting, scent, light, sound, dance and poetry into a lyrical universe shaped by love and transformation.
—Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle, Forbes.com, 13 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyrical
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The numerous translations from its native Russian have kept its poetic prose and brilliant themes of individual freedom for a wide audience to enjoy and ponder.—
Robert English,
EW.com,
30 July 2025
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With a background in mechanical engineering, interaction design and media arts, her practice often involves poetic experiments that span disciplines, from wearable devices and performances to biotechnology and cosmic probes.—
Y-Jean Mun-Delsalle,
Forbes.com,
26 July 2025
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One More World is a sustained experiment in constructing a coherent personal register from grand forms – technical, sacrificial, mythological, memorial – and its accomplishment involves the translation of High Modernism into a lyric mode.—
Matthew Carey Salyer,
Forbes.com,
17 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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Svelte yet heavy, Clipse’s latest sees all their phonetic and poetical gifts rendered to subtly maximal effect, with their lithe vocals cresting Pharrell’s glossy surfaces like snowfall.—
Peter A. Berry,
Variety,
11 July 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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“Lyrical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyrical. Accessed 6 Aug. 2025.
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