Meaning of ADAGIO
| Pronunciation: | | u'dâjow
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- [n] a musical composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
- [adv] (music) slowly; "here you must play adagio"
- [adj] (of tempo) leisurely
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| | See Also: | | composition, musical composition, musical passage, opus, passage, piece, piece of music | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\A*da"gio\, a. & adv. [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio
convenience, leisure, ease. See {Agio}.] (Mus.)
Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated,
adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
\A*da"gio\, n.
A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an
adagio of Haydn.
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