"lyrical" meaning in English

See lyrical in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlɪɹɪkəl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lyrical.wav [Southern-England] Forms: more lyrical [comparative], most lyrical [superlative]
Etymology: From lyric + -al. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|lyric|-al|text=+|tree=1}} From lyric + -al. Head templates: {{en-adj}} lyrical (comparative more lyrical, superlative most lyrical)
  1. Appropriate for or suggestive of singing. Translations (appropriate for or suggestive of singing): lyyrinen (Finnish), liriciúil (Irish), liriceach (Irish), lírico [masculine] (Portuguese), lyrisk (Swedish)
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  2. Expressive of emotion. Translations (expressive of emotion): lyyrinen (Finnish), lyrisch (German), liriciúil (Irish), liriceach (Irish), lyrisk (Swedish)
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  3. Of or pertaining to the lyrics of a song
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: lyrical dissonance, lyrical I, lyricality, lyrically, lyricalness, nonlyrical, unlyrical, wax lyrical Related terms: lyric
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