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/lɪlt/ · verb
(intransitive) To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music..
Whether the bird flit here or there, O'er table lilt , or perch on chair
A classic lecture, rich in sentiment, / With scraps of thunderous epic lilted out / By violet-hooded doctors.
Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.
Use lilt when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lilt means (intransitive) To do something rhythmically, with animation and quickness, usually of music..
Common synonyms include swing.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Whether the bird flit here or there, O'er table lilt , or perch on chair
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