orchestral

American  

[awr-kes-truhl] / ɔrˈkɛs trəl /

adjective

1. of, relating to, or resembling an orchestra.

2. composed for or performed by an orchestra.

   orchestral works.

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Other Word Forms

• nonorchestral adjective
• nonorchestrally adverb
• orchestrally adverb

Etymology

Origin of orchestral

First recorded in 1805–15; orchestr(a) + -al ¹

Example Sentences

The tighter scope and folksy approach — from a score with more spare acoustic guitar than sweeping orchestral numbers and an abundance of drab peasant rags over plush regal garb — is refreshing, at first.

From Los Angeles Times

In a sense, Kirk has adopted a strategy used by pianists like Nat King Cole; when Cole plays the melody, or the “head” as musicians call it, he often phrases orchestrally, in rich block chords.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Seasons,” an ambitious project performed last weekend by Opera Philadelphia in the Perelman Theater, shakes up Vivaldi’s famous orchestral score “The Four Seasons” to sound a warning about climate change.

From The Wall Street Journal

The song’s climax — Estrada’s lustrous voice intertwined with a swelling orchestral arrangement — will probably bring tears to your eyes.

From Los Angeles Times

Along the way, he wrote 1,907 pages of orchestral score; and even invented new instruments for the residents of the alien planet Pandora to play.

From BBC