Lyr·ic Lyr·ic·al a.
  1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
  2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate for song; suitable for or suggestive of singing; -- of music or poetry.
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  Lyr·ic, n.
  1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
  2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.]
  3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; -- used chiefly in the plural.
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  lyric
       adj 1: expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical
              performance" [syn: lyrical]
       2: used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume
          and modest in range; "a lyric soprano" [ant: dramatic]
       3: relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
       4: of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses
          emotion (often in a songlike way); "lyric poetry"
       n 1: the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number; "his
            compositions always started with the lyrics"; "he wrote
            both words and music"; "the song uses colloquial
            language" [syn: words, language]
       2: a short poem of songlike quality [syn: lyric poem]
       v : write lyrics for (a song)