Lyric and Spoken

Lyric

Lyric adjective - Having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music.

Spoken and lyric are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Spoken" instead an adjective "Lyric".

Spoken

Spoken adjective - Made or carried on through speaking rather than in writing.

Lyric and spoken are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lyric" instead an adjective "Spoken".

Nearby Word: spoke

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Creed Call Back: "Freedom Fighter" has some spoken dialogue buried within the first verse, which quotes a lyric from "Wash Away Those Years".
    Source: Music / Creed
  • Heävy Mëtal Ümlaut As in his lyric "Deadverse spoken with broken dälek"
  • The spoken lyric to I Have A Special Plan For This World, written by horror author Thomas Ligotti, has several references to these, the most blatant perhaps being the "sardonic spirit" that speaks to the narrator about death... or the narrator himself, depending upon your interpretation.
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