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US
/ˌɪnstɹəˈmɛnəɫ, ˌɪnstɹəˈmɛntəɫ/
]
[ UK /ˌɪnstɹəmˈɛntəl/ ]
[ UK /ˌɪnstɹəmˈɛntəl/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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serving or acting as a means or aid
instrumental in solving the crime -
relating to or designed for or performed on musical instruments
an instrumental ensemble
instrumental compositions
How To Use instrumental In A Sentence
- Spin, the tracks were mostly inspired by surfing, except for the instrumental "Lady Dada's Nightmare", which is an homage to Lady Gaga, and the title track, which is about "the world economic crisis. Pitchfork: Latest News
- Through the instrumentality of the police he was able to locate his relatives.
- High magnification supplemented by instrumental analysis can identify these Western modifications.
- The sound of the human whistle, like that in the most primitive instrumental forms - a whistle fashioned from a hollow tube of wood or straw - is made by the turbulence generated in an airstream at the narrow orifice formed by pursing the lips.
- If there is one criticism, it's the number of instrumental tracks that lack a point of focus. The Sun
- By the 1960s, whites too had become avid fans of township jazz, which had sprouted into kwela's instrumental music and mbaqanga, a vocal jazz style.
- She shifts effortlessly from folk and blues to upbeat tangos and haunting instrumentals, all interspersed with humorous tales of her life on the road.
- At the same time, the new voting system will be instrumental in preventing the speaker from railroading contentious bills in a unilateral manner.
- Produce production can be instrumental in arresting the decline in the number of farms in some rural areas, as well as in providing an alternative to tobacco production.
- I cannot imagine a successful staging of a piece with so much instrumental music and that has very little stageable drama to it.