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unlyrical

  • a word derived from lyric.
    lyric
    adjective
    (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.

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And the tenor Brian Jagde bellowed out unflagging but unlyrical sound as Radamès, the warrior torn between his love for Aida and his duty to his country.

From New York Times Dec. 4, 2022

In receipt of such a fiercely unlyrical metaphor, this reader’s faith was restored.

From Slate Oct. 24, 2016

She didn’t disappoint – that is, if you expected her to keep herself at arm’s length and issue an unlyrical, stentorian 228-word statement praising the development.

From US News Apr. 3, 2015

In opera, music harmonises discords and helps to pardon moral faults, but the real Anna Nicole was loud, unlyrical and intermittently obscene.

From The Guardian Jan. 2, 2011

It is for this reason, doubtless, that the genius of Wordsworth is essentially unlyrical.

From English Critical Essays Nineteenth Century by Edmund David Jones

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