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lyr·i·cal
 lyrical
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- pronunciation:
- li
rih
k
 l
- 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
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| 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
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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
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| derivations: |
lyrically (adv.), lyricalness (n.) |
The word lyrical
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
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.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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