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Meaning of five-finger exercise | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A musical composition for the piano, designed to require the use of all the fingers of the hand for the purpose of skill development.
An activity which is undertaken for the purpose of skill development.
broadly, figuratively

Examples

“It was the singular room which Carlyle had constructed in the hopes that he could shut out all the noises of the universe, the crowing of cocks, and the jingling of a young lady's five-finger exercise in particular.”

“Batman Begins, the 2005 film that launched Nolan's series, was a mere five-finger exercise. This is the full symphony.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

five-foot way five-for five-hole five-hundredth five-in-a-row five-knuckle shuffle