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adagio

DEFINITIONS OF: adagio

1

adv slowly

“here you must play adagio”

adj (of tempo) leisurely

Synonyms
slow
at a slow tempo

n (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)

“they played the adagio too quickly”
Type of:
composition, musical composition, opus, piece, piece of music
a musical work that has been created
musical passage, passage
a short section of a musical composition

n a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers

Type of:
dance, dancing, saltation, terpsichore
taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music
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