Antonyms for amateurishness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : am-uh-choo r-ish, -chur-, -tyoo r-, -tur-

Phonetic Transcription : ˌæm əˈtʃʊər ɪʃ, -ˈtʃɜr-, -ˈtyʊər-, -ˈtɜr-

Definition of amateurishness

Origin : 1863; from amateur + -ish. Related: Amateurishly; amateurishness.

As in awkwardness : noun clumsiness; inelegance
As in rawness : noun inexperience

Example sentences :

Once more our amateurishness in shipwreck had nearly cost us a life.
Extract from : « The Lady and the Pirate » by Emerson Hough

There must be many appearances before audiences before the amateurishness is worn off.
Extract from : « Seed Thoughts for Singers » by Frank Herbert Tubbs

It is another matter with Dargomijsky: his amateurishness lies in his creative work, in his very forms themselves.
Extract from : « The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky » by Modeste Tchaikovsky

Glinka, too, was a dilettante, but his immense inspiration served him as a defence from amateurishness.
Extract from : « The Life & Letters of Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky » by Modeste Tchaikovsky

So Delilah may have wooed Samson to slumber, with the same practised touch, the same absence of amateurishness or spontaneity.
Extract from : « Sonia Between two Worlds » by Stephen McKenna

From time to time some quite brilliant piece of work throws up more vividly the amateurishness of the rest.
Extract from : « Rowlandson's Oxford » by A. Hamilton Gibbs

Amateurishness has encircled women in the past like the seven rivers of Hades.
Extract from : « G. K. Chesterton, A Critical Study » by Julius West

The work is entirely free from those traces of amateurishness, almost inseparable from a first effort.
Extract from : « Punch, Or The London Charivari, Volume 102, Jan. 2, 1892 » by Various

If it throws into awkward relief the amateurishness of some of their associates that can't be helped.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 156, April 30, 1919 » by Various

Indeed, the amateurishness of Shakspere has been mightily exposed of late years.
Extract from : « The Author's Craft » by Arnold Bennett

Synonyms for amateurishness

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