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11lyr´i|cal|ly — lyr|i|cal «LIHR uh kuhl», adjective. 1. emotional; poetic; having the qualities or characteristics of lyric poetry: »a lyrical landscape and still life painter. She became almost lyrical when she described the scenery. 2. = lyric. (Cf. ↑lyric)… …
12lyr|i|cal — «LIHR uh kuhl», adjective. 1. emotional; poetic; having the qualities or characteristics of lyric poetry: »a lyrical landscape and still life painter. She became almost lyrical when she described the scenery. 2. = lyric. (Cf. ↑lyric)… …
13lyr|i|form — «LYR uh frm», adjective. shaped like a lyre …
14lyr|ism — «LIHR ihz uhm for 1; LYR ihz uhm, LIHR for 2 », noun. 1. lyricism; lyrical enthusiasm. 2. performance on a lyre; musical performance; singing: »The lyrism…had gradually assumed a rather deafening and complex character (George Eliot) …
15lyr|ist — «LIHR ihst for 1; LYR ihst, LIHR for 2 », noun. 1. a lyric poet: »They…are both tolerably well acquainted with the minor Elizabethan lyrists (Listener). 2. a person who plays on the lyre; person who plays and sings to an accompaniment on the lyre …
16lyr|i|cism — «LIHR uh sihz uhm», noun. 1. lyric character or style: »the lyricism of Donne s songs and sonnets. 2. a lyric form or expression. 3. lyric outpouring of feeling; emotionally expressed enthusiasm …
17lyr|i|cist — «LIHR uh sihst», noun. 1. a person who writes the words for a song, especially in a musical comedy; writer of lyrics: »The cards also list the song titles, the composer and lyricist (New Yorker). 2. a lyric poet …
18lyr|i|cize — «LIHR uh syz», verb, cized, ciz|ing. –v.i. 1. to sing lyrics. 2. to compose lyrics. –v.t. 1. to treat in a lyric style. 2. to express in an emotional way …
19lyr|i|co-dra|mat|ic — «LIHR uh koh dswa> MAT ihk», adjective. combining the characteristics of lyric and dramatic poetry …
20LYR electric units — The Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway electrified urban railway lines in Liverpool and Manchester in order to improve the service offered against the competition being put up by new electric tramways.Liverpool electrificationIn Liverpool, the 600… …
