bravura
pronunciation
How to pronounce bravura in British English:
UK [brəˈvjʊərə]
How to pronounce bravura in American English:
US [brəˈvjʊrə]
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- Noun:
- brilliant and showy technical skill
Word Origin
- bravura (n.)
- 1788, "piece of music requiring great skill," from Italian bravura "bravery, spirit" (see brave (adj.)). Sense of "display of brilliancy, dash" is from 1813.
Example
- 1. The danger now is that even the bravura economic performance of the past few years may fizzle .
- 2. The story of adam and cynthia morey 's life together begins with a bravura description of their wedding in pittsburgh .
- 3. Mr paulson 's stewardship of the crisis-hit economy despite the role that investment banks have played in bringing it down and goldman 's bravura capital-raising are typical .
- 4. Ted is not a venue for speakers to go deep on a subject ; instead , it 's one for teasing out the more bravura elements of their work .
- 5. There is none of kennedy 's " by the end of the decade " bravura about the announcements from beijing .