sonority
Americannoun
plural
sonoritiesEtymology
Origin of sonority
1515–25; < Medieval Latin sonōritās < Late Latin: melodiousness, equivalent to Latin sonōr ( us ) ( sonorous ) + -itās -ity
Example Sentences
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While it’s quicker and faster than its predecessors, much of the focus seems to be on delivering emotional content rather than stopwatch performance—most obviously, in the presence and sonority of the engine.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 23, 2025
The arresting analog engineering of the Royce Hall sessions are where you witness the marvelous Mehta Sound — where each sonority has a personality, even a kind of chutzpah.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2023
Bax was a true partner at the piano, adjusting almost magically to every interpretive twist or turn by Hadelich, and fully providing the kind of near-orchestral sonority the score requires.
From Seattle Times • Jul. 11, 2021
“This silvery, fluty, bell-like sonority that seemed to be everywhere and nowhere at once.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2020
He certainly brought out of the pianoforte a sonority and wealth of color which heretofore had been associated only with the orchestra.
From Music: An Art and a Language by Spalding, Walter Raymond
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