Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Exhibiting the artistic qualities and skill of a virtuoso.

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  • adjective music requiring a high level of technical skill.
  • adjective something impressive and sometimes flamboyant, usually used to describe musical performance

Etymologies

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virtuoso +‎ -ic.

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Examples

  • New York Times: “In his new book, ‘T. S. Eliot,’ the British poet Craig Raine gives us a new, more accessible Eliot, an Eliot he describes as a virtuosic fox in terms of style, and a single-minded hedgehog when it came to themes.”

    Throw Michiko Into the Waste Land : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits 2007

  • Roberts' piece is described as a "virtuosic comedy thriller" in which she plays 13 characters while paying tribute to commedia dell'arte, classic movies and Kansas City history.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Roberts' piece is described as a "virtuosic comedy thriller" in which she plays 13 characters while paying tribute to commedia dell'arte, classic movies and Kansas City history.

    KansasCity.com: Front Page 2011

  • Perhaps the best I can say about I'M NOT THERE is that I left the theater feeling deeply enriched by an uncommon experience, a technique one would not be wrong to call virtuosic, and a helpful message that I wasn't expecting; this, and that there isn't anything imperfect about it that cannot also honestly be said of Dylan's own body of work.

    I'M NOT THERE reviewed 2007

  • Perhaps the best I can say about I'M NOT THERE is that I left the theater feeling deeply enriched by an uncommon experience, a technique one would not be wrong to call virtuosic, and a helpful message that I wasn't expecting; this, and that there isn't anything imperfect about it that cannot also honestly be said of Dylan's own body of work.

    Archive 2007-11-11 2007

  • Bolshoi Ballet before signing on this year with New York City Ballet, skillfully plays on the Baryshnikov trademark - a modernity that winks at the past, recalls the virtuosic ease of Fred Astaire and is never less than hip.

    unknown title By <a href="mailto:hweiss@suntimes.com">HEDY WEIS 2009

  • As with all demonstrations of dizzying artistic technique - and this goes for the most boring kind of virtuosic jazz improvisations as well - the end result is technique for its own sake.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RUSSELL SMITH 2011

  • As with all demonstrations of dizzying artistic technique - and this goes for the most boring kind of virtuosic jazz improvisations as well - the end result is technique for its own sake.

    The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed RUSSELL SMITH 2011

  • All of these films have the kind of virtuosic roles that actors relish, and the kind of contemplative subject matter studios shy from.

    latimes.com - News 2010

  • All of these films have the kind of virtuosic roles that actors relish, and the kind of contemplative subject matter studios shy from.

    chicagotribune.com - News 2010

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