noun
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Animated, brisk motion; spirited rhythm; sprightliness.
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A lively song or dance; a cheerful tune.
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A cheerful or melodious accent when speaking.
verb
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To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music.
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To sing cheerfully, especially in Gaelic.
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To utter with spirit, animation, or gaiety; to sing with spirit and liveliness.
Examples of lilt in a Sentence
The familiar lilt of her accent was still present.
Yully responded, her thick Irish lilt and the poor phone reception frustrating him.
She had a lovely Irish lilt to her voice.
On hearing a Scottish lilt, I sidle up to the guy.
His voice has a pleasing lilt merging tightly with a resonant guitar.
However, when we visited in June we heard only the soft Irish lilt from guests.
As Jim said with a slight welsh lilt " Why does he do it?
I was very taken with the musical lilt, which can be found in many of his poems.
The flavors fold together coherently in the mid-palate and finish with a soft lilt.
Listen to the reggae lilt of the title-track and you'll be convinced that the rhythms of Jamaica also originated in Africa.
Megan spoke with a gentle British lilt, and her dark eyes took in everything as they walked.
Darian smiled to himself at his sister-in-law's Irish lilt.