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lyrical

/ˈlɪɹɪkəl/

lyrical adjective: appropriate for or suggestive of singing.

Adjective

lyrical (comparative more lyrical, superlative most lyrical)

  1. Appropriate for or suggestive of singing.
  2. Expressive of emotion.
  3. Of or pertaining to the lyrics of a song
    • lyrical content
    • lyrical genius

lyrical meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali

lyrical in Hindi

गीतात्मक

lyrical in Marathi

गीतात्मक, भावगीतात्मक, भावगीतात्म्य

lyrical in Urdu

lyrical
سریلا surīlā

lyrical in Bengali

গান গাওয়ার উপযোগী, তার নির্দেশক, আবেগ প্রকাশক, গানের কথা, লিরিক সংক্রান্ত
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lyrical in Malayalam
വീണാസമേതം പാടത്തക്ക, ഭാവഗാനസ്വഭാവമുള്ള, ഭാവാവിഷ്ടം, ഭാവപൂർണ്ണമായ
lyrical in Kannada
ಭಾವಗೀತಾತ್ಮಕ
lyrical in Gujarati
ગીતાત્મક, ગીતાત્ત્વિક
lyrical in Nepali
गीतात्मक

Examples of lyrical in a sentence

  • Backpack rap is often synonymous with underground rap, in which the focus is on lyrical craft.
  • Hamelin’s technical command should not be taken to imply any deficiency in more songful or lyrical moments.
  • On a ballad called “If Only Once,” she shared lyrical duties with Mr.

All 15 example sentences with lyrical

Forms of lyrical

comparativemore lyrical
superlativemost lyrical

Origin of lyrical

From lyric + -al.

Words formed from lyrical

Phrases with lyrical

Questions about lyrical

What does lyrical mean?
Lyrical means appropriate for or suggestive of singing.
What is lyrical in Hindi?
Lyrical in Hindi is गीतात्मक. See Lyrical meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is lyrical?
Lyrical is an adjective.
How do you pronounce lyrical?
Lyrical is pronounced /ˈlɪɹɪkəl/.

Words near lyrical in the dictionary

  1. lyric opera
  2. lyric operas
  3. lyric soprano
  4. lyric video
  5. lyric videos
  6. lyrical
  7. lyrical dissonance
  8. lyrical dissonances
  9. lyrical I
  10. lyricality
  11. lyrically

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lyrical (page history and authors); lyrical (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lyrical (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); سریلا (Urdu) (page history and authors); lyrical (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lyrical (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); lyrical (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lyrical (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); lyrical (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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