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lyrical

lyr·i·cal

lyrical

 
pronunciation:
li rih kl
features:
Word Combinations (adjective), Word Parts
part of speech: adjective
definition 1: lyric.
The second movement of the concerto is the most lyrical.
synonyms:
lyric
similar words:
cadenced, euphonious, expressive, melodic, poetic, rhythmic, subjective
definition 2: showing sincere emotion and strong feeling.
He expressed his love for her in lyrical poetry.
synonyms:
ardent, expressive, fervent, passionate
similar words:
burning, earnest, effusive, emotional, fervid, moving, sincere, subjective
Word Combinations  About this feature
adverb + (adj.)lyrical beautifully, extraordinarily, highly
(adj.)lyrical + adverb extremely, gently, instance
(adj.)lyrical + noun abstraction, accent, album, ballad, beauty, brand, composition, content, depth, description, dialogue, drama, drawing, elegiac, emphasis, essay, expression, fin, flight, flow, gift, grace, groove, guitar, impulse, intensity, landscape, melody, metaphor, movement, narrative, novel, passage, phrase, piece, poem, poetry, pop, praise, prose, prowess, quality, reference, riff, romance, section, sensibility, sentence, song, style, subject, tale, talent, text, theme, thread, tone, touch, tragedy, voice, writer, writing [See all][See only the most frequent]
derivations: lyrically (adv.), lyricalness (n.)
Word Parts  About this feature
The word lyrical contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual Latin adjective-forming suffix that means pertaining to
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The suffix -al2, -ial attaches primarily to nouns (national , environmental ) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots (final , capital , comical ) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.