Meanings
adjectiveconductorial (comparative more conductorial, superlative most conductorial)
comparative more conductorial · superlative most conductorial
- Characteristic of a conductor (especially one who directs an orchestra)
If it had a flaw, it was in a tendency toward workaday tepidness. Mr. Maazel, for his part, gave a focused, dignified reading, and forbore from striking his repertory of conductorial poses until the score’s final page.
2009 June 26, Allan Kozinn, “For His Finale, Maazel Musters Mahler’s Army”, in New York Times
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with conductorial
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APA
conductorial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conductorial
MLA
“conductorial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conductorial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “conductorial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/conductorial.
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