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Webster 1913 Edition

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Adj.

[L.

lyricus

, Gr. [GREEK]: cf. F.

lyrique

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Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.

Fitted to be sung to the lyre;

hence, also,

appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; – of music or poetry.

lyrical ‎(comparative more lyrical, superlative most lyrical)

appropriate for or suggestive of singing

expressive of emotion