Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The quality or condition of being musical.
- noun Musical sensitivity or talent.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
musicalness .
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- noun The condition of being
musical
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the property of sounding like music
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Examples
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There are times when I even stick my nose into music, and yet, if anything, my musicality is only a source of general amusement.
November « 2009 « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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There are times when I even stick my nose into music, and yet, if anything, my musicality is only a source of general amusement.
vaclav havel | writer and ‘revolution’ « poetry dispatch & other notes from the underground 2009
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Sentience sings, metaphorically speaking, because that musicality is the basis of the art-form, which is life.
The Art of Life Hal Duncan 2007
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Sentience sings, metaphorically speaking, because that musicality is the basis of the art-form, which is life.
Archive 2007-02-01 Hal Duncan 2007
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Also, I don't have much musicality, which is kind of crucial in dance.
slayground: Interview: Garret Freymann-Weyr Little Willow 2007
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I have observed that free verse (in any language, I think) is subject to one main danger: the element of musicality, which is inherent in poetry, is liable to dwindle – to the point of completely disappearing.
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He knew that the musicality is the meaning, and to reach the hearts and minds of his audience, musical integrity was the primary concern.
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There's also a texture in the language, a musicality, which is un-usual that is, not like ordinary language and feels arrived at rather than calculated.
Getting Started with Poetry Bruce Schauble 2006
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"I 'm going to ask for a different kind of musicality than you may be used to," he told the group of about 20 students at varied levels.
' Pia Catton 2010
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As usual in a "bash the shredder" thread such as this, I see the word "musicality" bandied about, with no actual indication as to what it means.
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