Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In a lyric manner.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a lyrical manner.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adverb In a manner that is pleasing to hear, as singing.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adverb in a lyrical manner
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Examples
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Mr. Morris grabbed every chance to bend a phrase lyrically, as when, alone in the woods, Siegfried wonders what his mother was like and who his father was.
NYT > Home Page By ANTHONY TOMMASINI 2011
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I love this song, not only because of the different guys 'voices, but because of the way it lurks slowly along with that druggy piano riff and the electro-drop-bass sound that creeps in - lyrically speaking the song is about trying to find that door, just on the verge of making it.
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I love this song, not only because of the different guys 'voices, but because of the way it lurks slowly along with that druggy piano riff and the electro-drop-bass sound that creeps in - lyrically speaking the song is about trying to find that door, just on the verge of making it.
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He read so lyrically from the the book Inkheart, that several of the book’s wicked characters ended up blinking and cursing on his cottage floor.
Inkheart: Summary and book reviews of Inkheart by Cornelia Funke. 2003
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That one, the idea lyrically was, I think, pretty obvious.
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He didn†™ t hear much expression lyrically, but luckily the sound makes up for it.
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I think lyrically, it is such a sweet message about being there for your friends, I think it deserves that chance.
Mike Ragogna: Crosstalk Thursday: Conversations with Billy Currington, Brett Dennen, Al DiMeola, and Yellowjackets' Bob Mintzer Mike Ragogna 2011
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Appropriately titled Hiding In Full View, Alison Watt's recent paintings focus on swathes of lyrically convoluted fabrics that appear to screen unseen depths of melancholic reverie.
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Twenty years later, Hip-Hop culture reanimated this particular activist thread, lyrically reporting on the nature of unfairness of the judicial system and the abuse of power by law enforcement.
Mark Anthony Neal: "Who Got the Camera?": Hip-Hop's Quest for Social Justice Mark Anthony Neal 2011
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I think lyrically, it is such a sweet message about being there for your friends, I think it deserves that chance.
Mike Ragogna: Crosstalk Thursday: Conversations with Billy Currington, Brett Dennen, Al DiMeola, and Yellowjackets' Bob Mintzer Mike Ragogna 2011
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