'Lyrical' definitions:
Definition of 'lyrical'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Suitable for or suggestive of singing
adjective
Expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance" [syn: lyric, lyrical]
Definition of 'Lyrical'
From: GCIDE
- Lyric \Lyr"ic\, Lyrical \Lyr"ic*al\, a. [L. lyricus, Gr. ?: cf. F. lyrique. See Lyre.]
- 1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; -- of music or poetry. [1913 Webster]
- 3. expressing deep personal emotion; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the individual emotions of the poet; as, the dancer's lyrical performance. "Sweet lyric song." --Milton.
- Syn: lyric. [WordNet 1.5]
Synonyms of 'lyrical'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- achingly sweet,
- agreeable,
- agreeable-sounding,
- Alcaic,
- alto,
- Anacreontic,
- appealing,
- ariose,
- arioso,
- bardic,
- baritone,
- bass,
- bravura,
- bucolic,
- canorous,
- cantabile,
- Castalian,
- catchy,
- choral,
- choric,
- coloratura,
- didactic,
- dithyrambic,
- dramatic,
- dulcet,
- ebullient,
- eclogic,
- ecstatic,
- effusive,
- elegiac,
- emotional,
- encomiastic,
- enthusiastic,
- epic,
- euphonic,
- euphonious,
- euphonous,
- exuberant,
- falsetto,
- fine-toned,
- golden,
- golden-tongued,
- golden-voiced,
- heroic,
- Homeric,
- honeyed,
- Hudibrastic,
- hymnal,
- idyllic,
- impassioned,
- liturgical,
- lyric,
- melic,
- mellifluent,
- mellifluous,
- mellisonant,
- mellow,
- melodic,
- melodious,
- mock-heroic,
- music-flowing,
- music-like,
- musical,
- narrative,
- operatic,
- panegyrical,
- pastoral,
- Pierian,
- Pindaric,
- pleasant,
- pleasant-sounding,
- poetic,
- poetico-mystical,
- poetico-mythological,
- poetico-philosophic,
- poetlike,
- psalmic,
- psalmodial,
- psalmodic,
- rapturous,
- rhapsodic,
- rich,
- runic,
- sacred,
- sapphic,
- silver-toned,
- silver-tongued,
- silver-voiced,
- silvery,
- singable,
- singing,
- skaldic,
- songful,
- songlike,
- sonorous,
- soprano,
- sweet,
- sweet-flowing,
- sweet-sounding,
- tenor,
- Theocritean,
- treble,
- tunable,
- tuneful,
- vocal