Factual and Lyrical

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Factual adjective - Restricted to or based on fact.

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Lyrical is an antonym for factual.

Nearby Words: fact, factually

Lyrical adjective - Having qualities suggestive of poetry.

Usage example: the photographer achieves a very lyrical effect with her intentionally blurred images of flowers growing in the wild

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Factual is an antonym for lyrical.

Nearby Words: lyric, lyrist, lyricism, lyricist, lyrically

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