to lilt

Examples

• All

• As they walked through the park, her voice lilted in harmony with the birdsong.

• Every woman joined in, with no lack of partners, while music lilted from the speakers.

  Fiction book (2001)

• Even her voice had changed; it was sweet now, lilting and a bit girlish.

  Fiction book (1990)

• Lines from one of her favorite hymns had come lilting into her mind.

  Fiction book (1996)

• I could hear the bell through an open window, footsteps approaching, soft music lilting from the back of the house.

  Fiction book (2002)

• How can I deny her extended arms and lilting voice as she beckons me to follow her?

  Blog text (15)

• "Ah-shee," the girl said to him in a lilting, playful voice the next time she was in the store.

  Fiction book (1995)

• "Greetings, my Alaric," she said in the soft, lilting accent of the north.

  Fiction book (1998)

• "Roses are red, violets are blue," Jannie sang in a sweet, lilting voice.

  Fiction book (2002)

• We meet up with Donald Macaulay, a wiry man with a weather-beaten face and a lilting Lewis accent.

  Academic text (2006)

Synonyms

S

to sing

vsto lilt

∞ 1.0

To make musical sounds with your voice

is lighter, rhythmic speech or playing rather than general music production

S

to singsong

vsto lilt

1 6.1

To speak or chant with a regular, rhythmic rise and fall

is more lively and graceful with varied musical rhythm

I

to intonate

vsto lilt

8.1

Say words in a musical or serious tone

is lighter and more graceful with a lively musical rhythm

Antonyms

M

to mumble

103 4.9

To speak in a low, unclear voice that is hard to understand

How Rhythmic

to sing

∞ 1.0

to lilt

6 7.1

to speak

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

Etymology