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[ adjective ] characterized by a buoyant rhythm

Examples

"an easy lilting stride" "the flute broke into a light lilting air" "a swinging pace" "a graceful swingy walk" "a tripping singing measure"

Used in print

(Jane Gilmore Rushing, "Against the Moon,"...)

Carrying it to the living_room , she imagined the picture she made : tall and roundly slim , a_bit sophisticated in her yellow sheath , with a graceful swingy walk that she had learned as a twirler with the school band .

Related terms

rhythmical

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