lyrical

[US]/'lɪrɪk(ə)l/
[UK]/'lɪrɪkl/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. passionate and expressive; resembling poetry

Phrases & Collocations

lyrical beauty

lyrical poetry

lyrical music

lyrical language

Example Sentences

the lyrical content of his songs.

the lyrical power of his prose.

a dancer's lyrical performance; a lyrical passage in his autobiography.

There’s wonderfully lyrical flute solo in the middle of this symphony.

Tennyson uses imagery to create a lyrical emotion.

waxing lyrical about his splendid son-in-law.

they waxed lyrical about the old days.

gave a lyrical description of her experiences in the South Seas.

a longer, more lyrical opening which introduces a courting song.

he gained a devoted following for his lyrical cricket writing.

He began to wax lyrical about the new car he would buy with his earnings.

New Labour apparatchiks were much more likely to wax lyrical about Tom Peters* and Michael Porter* than Keir Hardie* and Nye Bevan*.

Real-world Examples

The percussion--the piano is technically a percussion instrument but it's a particularly lyrical one.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

Themes tend maybe a little bit more lyrical.

Source: Listening to Music (Video Version)

" It's comic to hear you so lyrical, " said Roy.

Source: Seek pleasure and have fun.

The lyrical, sensitive third pea longed for the melody of the harp.

Source: Bedtime stories for children

He was unsparing but also generous, lyrical, edifying as a conscience.

Source: New York Times

" To wax lyrical about" , kind of an unusual phrasal verb, this one.

Source: Engvid Super Teacher Selection

Because I feel like I've just been the sort of central lyrical focus.

Source: VOA Standard May 2014 Collection

We skip the uh...repeat to the first session, go directly to the lyrical session.

Source: Hachi: A Dog's Tale (2009)

His work for the big screen never quite captured the lyrical expressiveness of his stage act.

Source: The Economist - Arts

Turner's Thames was the place where the romance of England came to him with lyrical intensity.

Source: The Power of Art - Joseph Mallord William Turner

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