lyrical
pronunciation
How to pronounce lyrical in British English:
UK [ˈlɪrɪkl]
How to pronounce lyrical in American English:
US [ˈlɪrɪkəl]
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- Adjective:
- suitable for or suggestive of singing
- expressing deep personal emotion
Word Origin
- lyrical (adj.)
- 1580s, from lyric (n.) + -al (1). Related: Lyrically.
Example
- 1. Obama placed the ghost of his absent father at the center of his lyrical account of his life .
- 2. He tries to bring into his plays a special lyrical quality .
- 3. The 57 year-old looks like an eastern european intellectual on a day off tall and broad and dressed in black , speaking accented english in a lyrical baritone .
- 4. Pythagoras believed the souls of poets passed into swans , a fitting entombment that turns the tattered phrase " poetry in motion " into a truly lyrical trope .
- 5. Every time chen made a comment , the background music went peaceful and lyrical .