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adagio

Pronunciation: /əˈdɑː(d)ʒɪəʊ/
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Definition of adagio

adverb & adjective

  • (especially as a direction) in slow time.

noun (plural adagios)

  • a movement, passage, or composition marked to be performed adagio.

Origin:

Italian, from ad agio 'at ease'

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