1. cheerful or lively manners of speaking that rise and fall in pitch

1. speaks or sings with a cheerful rising and falling rhythm

Examples

• Her voice had the gentle lilts of her Irish heritage.
• The musical lilts in his speech made everyone smile.
• She lilts when she reads poetry aloud to the children.
• The singer lilts through the folk ballad beautifully.
• His accent carries the familiar lilts of the Scottish Highlands.
• The teacher lilts her words to keep students engaged.
• We could hear the lilts of laughter from the next room.