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Definition of "liltingly" [liltingly]

  • In a lilting manner. (adverb)

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Use "liltingly" in a sentence
  • "But if Hamasyan likes embroidering gentle folk melodies and combining them with a little liltingly tranquil singing too, his power at a keyboard always throbs below the surface in rolling, ostinato patterns, chord-clamouring climaxes and whirling folk dances."
  • "For variety, there were a jazzy "Lover Man" and a liltingly bitchy "I'm Still Here" (with a new Sondheim lyric: "I kept my distance, kept my space/I kept my nose to spite my face"), which surprised as much as they charmed."
  • "Like Jon Brion's schizoid musical score, which is liltingly romantic one moment and abrasively percussive the next, "Punch-Drunk Love" is determined to throw you off balance."