unlyricaladj.
/(ˌ)ʌnˈlɪrᵻkl/, U.S. /ˌənˈlɪrᵻk(ə)l/ Not lyrical; prosaic, unpoetic.
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unlyrical1789
1789 C. Burney Gen. Hist. Music IV. vi. 223 The first air..has many graceful, new, and pleasing passages in it, though the words are very rough and unlyrical.
1833 J. S. Mill in Monthly Repository Oct. 85 The genius of Wordsworth is essentially unlyrical.
1878 London Q. Rev. Jan. 491 While the lyrical choruses are the most absolutely unlyrical things possible, the blank verse portions are managed with some skill.
1950 Times 30 Oct. 6/7 Brahms found him curiously tentative and unlyrical.
2012 Observer (Nexis) 21 Oct. 36 The prose..is direct and starkly unlyrical.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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