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Definition of Forte
Forte

The strong point; that in which one excels.

The stronger part of the blade of a sword; the part of half nearest the hilt; -- opposed to foible.

Loudly; strongly; powerfully.

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Blade, Foible, Half, Hilt, In, Loudly, Of, One, Opposed, Part, Point, Strong, Strongly, Sword, That, The, To, Which


Forte Quotations

Hunter can write a melody and stuff like that, but his forte is lyrics. He can write a serviceable melody to hang his lyrics on, and sometimes he comes up with something really nice.
Jerry Garcia

I came from Long Island, so I had a lot of experience at the stick. I played in junior high school, then I played in high school. The technical aspect of the game was my forte. I had all that experience, then I had strength and I was in good condition.
Jim Brown

My great forte in killing buffaloes was to get them circling by riding my horse at the head of the herd and shooting their leaders. Thus the brutes behind were crowded to the left, so that they were soon going round and round.
William Drew Cody

That was probably the stamp that went into my mind, because I worked in television for many years, doing that kind of music, so that really was my strong forte.
Skitch Henderson

Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.
Margaret Halsey

Forte Translations

forte in French is grosseur
forte in Italian is vigoria
forte in Spanish is almidon


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