musicality

noun

mu·​si·​cal·​i·​ty ˌmyü-zi-ˈka-lə-tē 

1

: sensitivity to, knowledge of, or talent for music

2

: the quality or state of being musical : melodiousness

Examples of musicality in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The film’s musicality is somehow captured in the very timing and structure of the work itself. —Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 6 May 2026

With her relentlessly melodic fourth album, Maitreya Corso (out today), Maya Hawke is starting to establish a sonic lane of her own, combining Aimee Mann-level musicality with hyper-literate, polygraph-test confessional lyrics. —Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 1 May 2026

Read one of these almost paragraphs (the first) below, and feel the musicality of Smith’s language burst past the limits of line and punctuation. —Jonny Diamond, Literary Hub, 29 Apr. 2026

The intense musicality, the great songwriting, this really deep understanding of the 808 — that was the cutting-edge sound. —New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1850, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for musicality

• abnormality
• cardinality
• commonality
• communality
• cordiality
• corporeality
• criminality
• criticality
• functionality
• generality
• geniality
• hospitality

Kids Definition

musicality

noun

mu·​si·​cal·​i·​ty ˌmyü-zi-ˈkal-ət-ē 

: the quality of being musical or melodious