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Meaning of lyric

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  lyric
      adj 1: expressing deep emotion; "the dancer's lyrical
             performance" [syn: {lyric}, {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: {lyric}, {words}, {language}]
      2: a short poem of songlike quality [syn: {lyric}, {lyric poem}]
      v 1: write lyrics for (a song)

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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