musicality
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the fact or quality of resembling music; melodious or harmonious quality.
As she read aloud to the students, the varied intonation of the teacher’s voice added musicality to the poem.
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the fact or quality of creating, performing, or interpreting music in a highly skilled and artistic way.
The two vocalists have unbelievable technique and musicality—and mesh perfectly with the band.
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Lines like “I love you, I love the Lord” arrive with syllables modified to fit the shape of an eerie melody, transforming the natural musicality of speech into something uncanny.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
"I did my research and then started to kind of brainstorm what those ideas could be and how I could integrate my own musicality into the pre-existing world of Devil Wears Prada."
From BBC • May 1, 2026
"I think there's something about artists being more inherently connected to their musicality that audiences really respond to," she says.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2025
With her long, frizzy hair, musicality and earth-mother vibe, Ms. King fit in, though she was comparatively unfree, being “a single mother when most of the women around her were not.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 16, 2025
Music and movement from zero to three: A window to children’s musicality.
From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin
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