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as in poem
a composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect
would you care to read your short lyric aloud?
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as in ballad
a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment
the guitarist sang a gentle lyric while playing
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as in lyrical
having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music
they performed a slow, lyric dance for the audience
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as in poetic
having qualities suggestive of poetry
the film's lyric photography really enhanced its romantic mood
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Recent Examples of lyric
Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
That left women artists who had taken pains with their lyrics and performances to feel trivialized and marginalized as their careers had just got off the ground.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
David Browne, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
Bidders also had the chance to secure other pieces of West Coast Hip-Hop history, including lyric sheets from Snoop Dogg, DJ Yella’s gold and platinum plaques, and Xzibit’s script for XXX: The Next Level.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 30 July 2025
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Noun
Is there a notable difference between singing your own lyrics and singing someone else’s?
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 12 Sep. 2025
That left women artists who had taken pains with their lyrics and performances to feel trivialized and marginalized as their careers had just got off the ground.
—Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
Starting with singer Michael Hutchence, all the band members held up and subsequently dropped lyric cards in sequence.
—David Browne, Rolling Stone, 31 July 2025
Bidders also had the chance to secure other pieces of West Coast Hip-Hop history, including lyric sheets from Snoop Dogg, DJ Yella’s gold and platinum plaques, and Xzibit’s script for XXX: The Next Level.
—Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 30 July 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lyric
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The book was compiled by Epstein's co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell for his 50th birthday and reportedly contained poems, photos and greetings from academics, businesspeople, Epstein's childhood friends and more.—
Dan Gooding
Gabe Whisnant,
MSNBC Newsweek,
8 Sep. 2025
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The poem was not by Marlowe, for sure.—
Anthony Lane,
New Yorker,
8 Sep. 2025
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Whether leading her trio through sultry ballads or high-energy swing numbers, Riketté always delivers a performance that’s both nostalgic and fresh.—
Joanne Shurvell,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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In the early days of my career, there were a lot of ballads in my repertoire and the audience was mainly seated at my shows.—
Billboard Japan,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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For three-quarters of its pages, the book reads like a paean to dope, a lyrical testament to the transcendent bliss of the first time using, and to the futile effort to recapture it.—
Scott Stossel,
The Atlantic,
9 Sep. 2025
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Busta also received an assist from Papoose and Joyner Lucas, all of them sharing lyrical wordplay and seamless tradeoffs as Busta swung between his trademark dichotomy of rapping to gruff bellowing.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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What the poem’s constitutive range of modal verbs exemplify is a mode of poetic questioning.—
Elaine L. Wang
September 11,
Literary Hub,
11 Sep. 2025
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Ahmed, 42, waxes poetic while behind the wheel, speeding against traffic.—
Jack Smart,
PEOPLE,
11 Sep. 2025
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At the end of their week, campers get a chance to perform their band’s songs live with the stars.—
Jim Clash,
Forbes.com,
14 Sep. 2025
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Why not gather all their best songs to date, tape ‘em in front of an excited fanbase, and give em another shot?—
David Browne,
Rolling Stone,
13 Sep. 2025
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The songs themselves drew inspiration from real Shaker hymns from the 1700s.—
Barry Levitt,
Time,
10 Sep. 2025
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Civil contributes his own piano playing too — notably a Bach hymn that serves as the story’s crowning moment of failure as triumph.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
9 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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His flow, while indeed reminiscent of Max B, has its own melodic pocket that could easily fit in the context of jazz or pop music.—
Jeff Ihaza,
Rolling Stone,
12 Sep. 2025
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Tintinnabuli was inspired, in part, by Pärt’s interest in much earlier styles of Christian music, including Gregorian chant – the single-voice singing of Roman Catholicism – and Renaissance polyphony, which weaves together multiple melodic lines.—
Jeffers Engelhardt,
The Conversation,
10 Sep. 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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“Lyric.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lyric. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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