lyrical
/ˈlɪrɪk(ə)l
/adjective
1(Of literature, art, or music) expressing the writer’s emotions in an imaginative and beautiful way: he gained a devoted following for his lyrical cricket writing...
- Here the creaky melodrama is swept away by Tchaikovsky's lyrical music.
- Everybody must have this recording in their collection: It is the most sublime music and sophisticated and lyrical jazz ever recorded.
- The lyrical art writing of John Ashbery, Bill Berkson, and Peter Schjeldhal has obvious affinities with Pater's.
Synonyms
songlike, lyric, melodic, musical, melodious, rhapsodic, poetic;
expressive, emotional, deeply felt, personal, subjective, passionate
1.1(Of poetry or a poet) lyric: Wordsworth’s Lyrical Ballads...
- Yet Seferis survived all this, and the lyrical anguish of the poetry is his testament.
- Since he writes neither drama nor epic, he said, his poetry can only be lyrical.
- He was portrayed as a brilliant lyrical poet, but an ineffectual dreamer whose poetry improved when he outgrew his youthful radicalism.
2Relating to the words of a popular song: the lyrical content of his songs...
- Calypso according to Duke is our current editorial in song, timely in lyrical content and rhythm and relevant to said time and place.
- Blimey, some of this recording is rather risqué - from the sultry photographs of Miss Phair that accompany the artwork to some of the lyrical content of the songs.
- The folkier side of it comes out in the story-telling aspect of the song, the lyrical content.
Phrases
wax lyrical