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Dictionary: lyr·i·cal   (lĭr'ĭ-kəl) pronunciation
adj.
    1. Expressing deep personal emotion or observations: a dancer's lyrical performance; a lyrical passage in his autobiography.
    2. Highly enthusiastic; rhapsodic: gave a lyrical description of her experiences in the South Seas.
  1. Lyric.
lyrically lyr'i·cal·ly adv.
lyricalness lyr'i·cal·ness n.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: Songlike. Also: Very excited, emotional or enthusiastic.

pronunciation You are lyrical by nature, the timber of your soul is soft. — Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904)

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: suitable for or suggestive of singing

Meaning #2: expressing deep personal emotion
  Synonym: lyric


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lyrisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
enthousiast, gevoelsmatig verheven, licht van toon (stem), als een lied

Français (French)
adj. - lyrique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - lyrisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - λυρικός, (μτφ.) ενθουσιώδης

Italiano (Italian)
lirico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - lírico

Русский (Russian)
лирический, восторженный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - lírico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - lyrisk (isht. bildl.), känslofull, svärmisk, högstämd

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
抒情诗调的, 感情夸张的, 有抒情味的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 抒情詩調的, 感情誇張的, 有抒情味的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 서정시의, 서정미가 있는, 고양된

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 大げさな, 熱のこもった

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) قيثاري, غنائي, صالح للغناء على أنغام القيثارة أو للتلحين والغناء‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮לירי, מתפעל, נרגש, נלהב, משתמש בשפה המתאימה לשירה לירית‬


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