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Meanings of lilting in English

Characterized by a buoyant rhythm.

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Music genre.

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Usage of lilting in English
1
I speak beautiful English with an accent lilting elegantly across English shires.
The Irish Times
2
He even makes his good old short-worded Saxon go in lilting waltz-time.
The Seeker
3
Meanwhile, the voice in her ear took on a strange, lilting quality.
Existence
4
What a joy to listen to her lilting pronunciation of every word.
The Irish Times
5
About his soft and lilting voice and the fierce way he kissed.
Geektastic
6
An immemorial woe sounds even through the lilting notes of Italian gaiety.
By the Ionian Sea: Notes of a Ramble in Southern Italy
7
Was that a hint of humor she heard in his lilting brogue?
Gingham bride
8
Mon, you mean the prison? he said in a lilting Caribbean accent.
Latte trouble
9
By and by Mr. Jackal came lilting along with his tail up.
The Junior Classics, Volume 1: Fairy and wonder tales
10
What troubles you? Her voice was soft, lilting as a crystal stream.
Immortal wolf
11
Dimly, through the buzzing in his ears, Skylan heard lilting, girlish laughter.
Secret of the Dragon
12
And he started to play a lilting little tune on his pipe.
The corfu trilogy
13
In her soft, lilting voice, she tore through conversations like a projectile.
The new yorker
14
A final note: Eastwood's lilting musical score is among his best.
Reuters
15
Ashe reached for the flap of the fabric and a lilting voice called:
Key Out of Time
16
Her voice was lilting, but there was a harsh edge under the words.
Wicked lovely
About this term
Lilting through the time
Lilting across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Common