1. [n]  a short poem of songlike quality
2. [n]  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"
3. [adj]  expressing deep personal emotion; "the dancer's lyrical performance"
4. [adj]  (music; of a singer or singing voice) being light in volume and modest in range; "a lyric soprano"
5. [adj]  (poetry) "lyric poetry"
6. [adj]  (music) relating to or being musical drama; "the lyric stage"
7. [v]  write lyrics for (a song)

1. \Lyr"ic\, Lyrical \Lyr"ic*al\, a. [L. lyricus, Gr. ?: cf.
   F. lyrique. See {Lyre}.]
   1. Of or pertaining to a lyre or harp.
   2. Fitted to be sung to the lyre; hence, also, appropriate
      for song; -- said especially of poetry which expresses the
      individual emotions of the poet. ``Sweet lyric song.''
      --Milton.
   

2. \Lyr"ic\, n.
   1. A lyric poem; a lyrical composition.
   2. A composer of lyric poems. [R.] --Addison.
   3. A verse of the kind usually employed in lyric poetry; --
      used chiefly in the plural.
   

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