as in proficiency
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great ability or skill shown by a musician, performer, etc.
Her virtuosity on the piano is amazing.
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Recent Examples of virtuosity
Rosalia’s Lux, to cite 2025’s most vivid example, moves music vernacular forward by looking backwards to old-world virtuosity and spirituality.
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Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
Gold, lapis lazuli, and virtuosity abound.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
In their new poetry collections, Peter Balakian’s elliptical notations let his images speak for themselves while Angie Estes’s concentration reveals a rapturous virtuosity.
—Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
There’s some virtuosity in there somewhere, too.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
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Will Hermes, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
Gold, lapis lazuli, and virtuosity abound.
—Louise Bokkenheuser, Air Mail, 4 Oct. 2025
In their new poetry collections, Peter Balakian’s elliptical notations let his images speak for themselves while Angie Estes’s concentration reveals a rapturous virtuosity.
—Ange Mlinko, The New York Review of Books, 2 Oct. 2025
There’s some virtuosity in there somewhere, too.
—Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for virtuosity
Recent Examples of Synonyms for virtuosity
proficiency
Noun
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Lucrative, fully remote data science jobs with robust salaries usually require technical proficiencies that are gauged in an interview.—
Amanda Gerut,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
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That means abandoning your inhibitions and not getting hung up on grammar or achieving proficiency, said Thomas Sauer, assistant director of resource development for the National Foreign Language Center at the University of Maryland.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Jan. 2026
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“Virtuosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtuosity. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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