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pianistic

American  
[pee-uh-nis-tik] / ˌpi əˈnɪs tɪk /

adjective

  1. relating to, characteristic of, or adaptable for the piano.


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Etymology

Origin of pianistic

First recorded in 1880–85; pianist + -ic

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“In the Silence of the Secret Night” is a song that I’ve loved since childhood, and there’s a very opulent transcription in layers and layers of fantastic and inventive pianistic dress.

From New York Times Apr. 3, 2023

All that is winged, even the grating corn crake, is painted with a mystical birder’s unworldly rose-colored pianistic glasses.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2021

Frogs croak, a skylark soars above all in dazzling pianistic glitter, grasshopper warblers rattle as their names suggest, and one reed warbler enters into a rapturous contrapuntal duet with another.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 27, 2021

At age 76, this piano eminence and National Endowment for the Arts Jazz Master remains an exemplar of pianistic intellect and poise.

From New York Times Dec. 26, 2019

Compared to the music of his teacher Haydn or to Mozart, it seems much more dramatic and pianistic, almost to the point of theatricality, than anything they had written for the same instrument.

From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall

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