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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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Still, his technical virtuosity and knack for making fashion headlines attracted the attention of luxury titan Bernard Arnault, who tapped him in 1995 to succeed Hubert de Givenchy upon his retirement, moving the designer to Dior a year later.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Ross stages the action with a choreographic virtuosity that’s all the more astonishing given that this is his first dramatic film.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
Peled is an optimist and a dreamer, qualities needed around here as much as his virtuosity.
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Nate Jones, Vulture, 20 Aug. 2024
Still, his technical virtuosity and knack for making fashion headlines attracted the attention of luxury titan Bernard Arnault, who tapped him in 1995 to succeed Hubert de Givenchy upon his retirement, moving the designer to Dior a year later.
—Miles Socha, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Ross stages the action with a choreographic virtuosity that’s all the more astonishing given that this is his first dramatic film.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2024
Peled is an optimist and a dreamer, qualities needed around here as much as his virtuosity.
—Dan Rodricks, Baltimore Sun, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Virtuosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/virtuosity. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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