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lyrical(dictionary)

lyrical (iou)



lyrical adjective. E16.
[formed as LYRIC adjective & noun + -AL1.]
= LYRIC adjective 1. E16.
Characteristic of, expressed in, or using language appropriate to lyric poetry. E19.
M. Tippett The search for lyrical simplicity was..the hardest thing of all. D. Murphy A thousand-word lyrical description of the landscape, the birds and the ever-changing..sky.
Excitedly effusive; highly enthusiastic. Freq. in wax lyrical. colloq. M20.
Washington Post Exley..will wax lyrical on the subject, sharing..remembrances which only great literature imparts.
lyrically adverb E19.
lyricalness noun L19.