Lyrical and Mellow

Lyrical

Lyrical adjective - Having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music.
Usage example: the lyrical cadences of voice-over narration give the film a very poignant quality

Mellow and lyrical are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Mellow" instead an adjective "Lyrical".

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

Mellow

Mellow adjective - Having a pleasantly flowing quality suggestive of music.
Usage example: the mellow tones of an old violin

Lyrical and mellow are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lyrical" instead an adjective "Mellow".

Both words in one sentence

  • Music / Steely Dan Lyrical Dissonance: Many of their songs sound very smooth and mellow, but the lyrics?
  • Music / Paul's Boutique Lyrical Dissonance: "Car Thief", from Paul's Boutique is based chiefly on a mellow, slightly psychedelic sample from the funk song "Rien Ne Va Plus" by Funk Factory.
  • And of course their hit "No Rain" is so bouncy and mellow you might not even pick up on the fact that it's about depression; later they'd record a much slower arrangement called "No Rain (Ripped Away Version)" that effectively eliminated the lyrical dissonance aspect.
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