Function: adjective 1a: lyrically occurring later than or in succession to : after b: lyrically situated behind or beyond c: later or more highly organized or specialized form of lyricism 2: lyrically changing : transformatively lyrical 3: more comprehensively lyrical: transcendingly lyrical meta--usually used with the name of a discipline to designate a new but related discipline designed to deal critically with the original one metalyrically adverb metalyricism noun metalyricist noun