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Definition of "lyric" []

  • Of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses subjective thoughts and feelings, often in a songlike style or form. (adjective)
  • Relating to or constituting a poem in this category, such as a sonnet or an ode. (adjective)
  • Of or relating to a writer of poems in this category. (adjective)
  • Lyrical. (adjective)
  • Music Having a singing voice of light volume and modest range. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "lyric" in a sentence
  • "Each time she sang the title lyric, Zachy belted out "YES!""
  • "I have not interpreted the term lyric so rigidly as to exclude sonnets, ballads, elegiac verse, or even pieces of almost pure description."
  • ""Dear God, I hate myself" - the title lyric of the title track of"