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adagietto

/əˌdæ(d)ʒiːˈɛtəʊ/ noun

Categories: Obscure Words

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about adagietto at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

  1. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio.
  2. A passage having this mark.
  3. A short adagio movement

adverb

  1. More lighthearted than adagio.

adjective

  1. Describing a passage having this mark.

Origin

Borrowed from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

From Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org (CC BY-SA)

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