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
His genius was not merely technical virtuosity on the trumpet.
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Bill Fischer,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Is virtuosity, on its own, enough?
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Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
Meis moves from the Baroque virtuosity of Rubens’s study of a drunken mythological figure, through the jagged modernist puzzle of Marc’s allegorical animals, to Mitchell’s painterly abstractions and their flickering landscape allusions.
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Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
But Steve Vai and Joe Satriani continue to draw loyal audiences craving their deep, roller coaster-like dives into unbridled six-string virtuosity.
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George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Bill Fischer,
Forbes.com,
28 May 2026
Is virtuosity, on its own, enough?
—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
27 Apr. 2026
Meis moves from the Baroque virtuosity of Rubens’s study of a drunken mythological figure, through the jagged modernist puzzle of Marc’s allegorical animals, to Mitchell’s painterly abstractions and their flickering landscape allusions.
—
Jed Perl,
The New York Review of Books,
4 Apr. 2026
But Steve Vai and Joe Satriani continue to draw loyal audiences craving their deep, roller coaster-like dives into unbridled six-string virtuosity.
—
George Varga,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
15 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for virtuosity
proficiency
Noun
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Black students also had the district’s lowest proficiency rates in math and English on 2025 district testing.
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In 1921, the Republican majorities in the Legislature and governor’s office required a demonstration of fifth-grade English reading and writing proficiency to register to vote.
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“Virtuosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtuosity. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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