wizardry
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6.7
- noun
- /ˈwɪzərdri/
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maestría
- So with a little bit of computer wizardry, you can stitch those movies together and make something like this.
You get the OMG cable, you're you're making all kinds of just crazy wazoo wizardry gadgets that I am just fascinated with.
- You get the OMG cable, you're you're making all kinds of just crazy wazoo wizardry gadgets that I am just fascinated with.
- I didn't, I didn't even like it when people would tickle me because tickling, let's say that's just, I mean, that's body wizardry.
Examples
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Her cooking wizardry turns simple ingredients into gourmet meals that impress everyone.
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The problem is, we're mistaking technical wizardry for the magic that happens once working methods become second nature.
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Or was it some sort of, like, special effects wizardry?
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Who are justly famous for their financial wizardry.
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Today you await Mark Zuckerberg, whose wizardry takes a different form, one that has changed the world.
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It was sheer wizardry, the angle you used on those Boston Irish.
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The movie is bursting with CGI wizardry, and I could have done with less of that.
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Physics is at the foundation of all the gadgetry, the wizardry, all the marvels of the technological age.
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Indeed, some early adopters purchased their hybrids to show off their cars' wizardry among their "techie" friends.
Academic text (2003) -
Could anyone among us have an inkling or a clue what magic feats of wizardry and voodoo you can do?
Synonyms
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4.3
Very great natural talent for one area of work or study
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3.4
The ability to use imagination to make new ideas or things
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6.1
Clever new thinking that finds solutions to problems and makes useful things
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5.0
High skill in creating and performing art, for example painting or music
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8.6
Very great skill and control in music or dance
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6.0
A very strong natural ability in one or more areas
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3.8
Very great skill in something like art or sport
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5.6
A high level of skill at doing something
A great skill in a special area like programming
High skill or knowledge in a specific area
A quality of being very good at doing something
Being very clever at finding new ways to solve problems and make things
A quality of being creative and skilled in making art or design
Antonyms
How Skilled
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Wizardry comes from wizard, which in turn comes from the old word wise meaning 'knowing a lot'. At first it meant the magic skill of a wizard, and that's why today wizardry is used for any amazing or creative skill that seems almost like magic.