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adagio
[ uh-dah-joh, -zhee-oh; Italian ah-dah-jaw ]
adverb
- Music. in a leisurely manner; slowly.
adjective
- Music. slow.
noun
plural adagios.
- Music. an adagio movement or piece.
- Dance.
- a sequence of well-controlled, graceful movements performed as a display of skill.
- a duet by a man and a woman or mixed trio emphasizing difficult technical feats.
- (especially in ballet) a love-duet sequence in a pas de deux.
adagio
/ əˈdɑːdʒɪˌəʊ; aˈdadʒo /
adjective
- (to be performed) slowly
noun
- a movement or piece to be performed slowly
- ballet a slow section of a pas de deux
adagio
- A very slow musical tempo .
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yvlog History and Origins
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yvlog History and Origins
Origin of adagio1
C18: Italian, from ad at + agio ease
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This meditative adagio is the work’s longest movement, and Olafsson stretched its darkling arabesques to more than 10 minutes.
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Whatever happens in this trial, it will happen at a pace that makes an adagio tempo feel like an all-out sprint.
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It takes a few tries, but the adagio comes.
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Zelenskyy then spoke briefly with the families, as a small orchestra played a mournful adagio.
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The mournful molto adagio seemed to stretch time as the ensemble coalesced into rich, golden chords, with Setzer tracing graceful lines around them.
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