Definition of Lyrically

1. Adverb. In a lyrical manner. "She danced the part of the Black Swan very lyrically"

Partainyms: Lyrical

Definition of Lyrically

1. adv. In a lyrical manner.

Definition of Lyrically

1. Adverb. In a manner that is pleasing to hear, as singing. ¹

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Definition of Lyrically

1. [adv]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Lyrically

lyrately
lyre
lyre-flower
lyre bird
lyre snake
lyrebird
lyrebirds
lyreflower
lyrelike
lyres
lyric
lyric opera
lyric poem
lyrical
lyricality
lyrically (current term)
lyricalness
lyricalnesses
lyricise
lyricised
lyricises
lyricising
lyricism
lyricisms
lyricist
lyricists
lyricize
lyricized
lyricizes
lyricizing

Literary usage of Lyrically

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Southern Writers: Biographical and Critical Studies by William Malone Baskervill (1896)
"... simplest devices of sound, such as are familiar in nursery songs, and produced effects which are lyrically indistinguishable from those of Mother Goose. ..."

2. The English Lyric by Felix Emmanuel Schelling (1913)
"Considering what was to come after, lyrically, it is not too much to agree with ... There was more serious if less lyrically effective poetry in the age of ..."

3. The Kinds of Poetry: And Other Essays by John Erskine (1920)
"But if the play gives a strong enough sense of the past, that is, if the characters are consistent with their own history, they may be lyrically what they ..."

4. English Lyrics: Chaucer to Poe, 1340-1809 by William Ernest Henley (1897)
"lyrically alive unto this day. With Skelton came the turn. The age of Henry VII!. was lyrically given; and, if in the long run one think little of Wyatt, ..."

5. Ancient Tragedy for English Audiences: Syllabus of a Course of Twelve by Richard Green Moulton (1892)
"As to Matter : A Psalm is a poem complete in itself—a Choral Ode is only a single point in the action of a poem rendered lyrically. ..."

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