- He was her ballet partner, and shared her gift for effortless virtuosity.
- The players showed great virtuosity and deep musicality throughout the performance.
- The virtuosity of his sculpture leaves one gasping.
Meaning of virtuosity in English
(Definition of virtuosity from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of virtuosity
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It arose in the wake of punk, which sought to sweep away what its proponents saw as the empty virtuosity of rock dinosaurs.
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Perhaps there is more virtuosity than contemplation in the genuine solo verses.
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His sonatas show great concern with virtuosity of the bow, alternating sequential patterns with the articulation of ornaments.
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Extreme vocal virtuosity, expression, and attention to nuances of vocal timbre, for example, are traits prized by both operatic and rock singers.
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If moral accomplishments do not rise to virtuosity, they are valueless for salvation and therefore offer no reward.
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The propagation of the devil-at-the-crossroads myth serves a greater purpose than simply ' hyping up' or trumpeting the skill and virtuosity of the performer.
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Another issue is improvisation and expressiveness, which often relate to virtuosity but do not totally depend upon it.
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Mead brings a virtuosity to these works that is not often heard.
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Looking at draped architectures, what one sees is the display of extravaganza, impetuousness, and technological virtuosity.
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In each of these three mappings, we get a different gesture, hence a different virtuosity and also different limits.
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The exploitation of word refrains opens the way to a high degree of technical virtuosity and imaginative display in the vernacular.
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Their playing showed an uncanny responsiveness and unity of ensemble, and a brilliant but self-effacing virtuosity in the service of profound musicality.
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Why then have historians consistently tended to argue that there was a great discontinuity between seventeenth-century virtuosity and eighteenth-century connoisseurship?
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First, it showed him to be a competent architect among his peers and one capable of feats of technical virtuosity.
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Both are masterworks which, delivered in performances of transcendental virtuosity, take an honoured place in the inexhaustible mainstream of musical humanism.
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