virtuoso
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8.2
- adjective
- /ˌvɜr.tʃuˈoʊ.soʊ/
- Hands gliding over keys, Emma Peel plays with virtuoso skill.
- virtuoso performance
- virtuoso style
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Watch on YouTubeAnd you, you are virtuoso in a number of different forms, like lists, the epistolary poem.
- And you, you are virtuoso in a number of different forms, like lists, the epistolary poem.
Examples
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The marvel of her playing is that she commands so much virtuoso strength with such an abundance of feminine delicacy and subtlety of expression.
Academic text (1993) -
The performance was truly exceptional; she played the violin like a virtuoso.
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In some ways, last night's State of the Union address by President Obama was a virtuoso performance.
Blog text (31) -
Creating them with hand files and scrapers is a virtuoso performance.
Academic text (2005) -
The synergistic, collective creation of music and dance is often valued more highly than an individual's virtuoso performance, however good it may be.
Academic text (2000) -
To be sure, there is no way to become a virtuoso performer on any instrument without submitting to a discipline of the most rigorous and demanding kind.
Academic text (2011) -
His ability to improvise on the piano shows that he is a virtuoso musician.
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With each stroke of the brush, the artist revealed himself to be a virtuoso in painting.
Synonyms
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1.0
Naturally able to do something well
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3.5
Having special training and ability to do a job well
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3.5
Very skilled and knowing a lot about a particular area
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5.3
Showing great skill and control
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2.8
Good at doing something because of practice and careful control
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7.7
Extremely skilled and perfect in what they do
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5.9
Showing great skill in an activity
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8.4
Showing very high skill in music or art
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8.8
Showing great skill and clear control in a performance or action
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Etymology
Virtuoso comes from the Latin root virtus ('excellence') and is the same root as English virtue, so the idea is 'great excellence' in ability. So when we call a performance or act virtuoso, we mean it shows exceptional skill or mastery.