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lilt VB (music)

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lilt <a lilt; lilts> N

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lilt N

lilt VB (music)

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His language is lucid, his verses lilting, and he infused "bhakti" into everything he wrote.
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The lilt of the verses owed something to country music and the mournful harmonies heard on the latter part of the verses added to the overall feeling of melancholy moodiness.
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Befitting the lyrics, the music has a lilt to it which had been missing from the previous winners.
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He was equally capable with upbeat novelties and sentimental waltzes; his lyrics are down-to-earth, bluntly rhymed, and with lilting metric energy.
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The whole work is brilliant, but here's the luxurious, lilting slow movement to get you started.
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He reportedly began playing at age six, and lilting since before he could talk.
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The percussion parts also alternate the musical pulse and the quintolet rhythm, giving the mringue an additional lilt.
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Features such as rhythm and tone dominate in lilting.
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The song, an uptempo twelve-bar blues, has a spare, lilting musical framework with a strong vocal.
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The song's lilting tune and heart-rending words have made it an enduring classic.
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