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adagio adverb [ əˈdɑː(d)ʒɪəʊ ]

• (especially as a direction) in slow time.
• "the music is played adagio with very slight dynamic change"

adagio adjective

• performed in slow time.
• "the beautiful adagio ending of the piece was just too loud"

adagio noun

• a movement, passage, or composition marked to be performed adagio.
Origin: Italian, from ad agio ‘at ease’.


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