conductorial

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

conductor +‎ -ial

Adjective[edit]

conductorial (comparative more conductorial, superlative most conductorial)

  1. Characteristic of a conductor (especially one who directs an orchestra)
    • 2009 June 26, Allan Kozinn, “For His Finale, Maazel Musters Mahler’s Army”, in New York Times[1]:
      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.