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Definition of Adagio

1. Noun. (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully). "They played the adagio too quickly"

2. Adverb. Slowly. "Here you must play adagio"

3. Adjective. (of tempo) leisurely.

4. Noun. A slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers.

Definition of Adagio

1. a. & adv. Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

2. n. A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

Definition of Adagio

1. Noun. (music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully. ¹

2. Noun. (music) A passage having this mark. ¹

3. Noun. (dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts. ¹

4. Adverb. (music) Played rather slowly. ¹

5. Adjective. (music) Describing a passage having this mark. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Adagio

1. a musical composition or movement played in a slow tempo [n -GIOS]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Adagio

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adagial adagietto adagiettos adagio (current term) adagios adagissimo adalimumab adam adam's apple adam-and-eve

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Literary usage of Adagio

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1880)
"adagio. Adapto. Mo. 9. [12.] Largo. No. 10.« [S.] adagio. [1795.] ' Sinfonía in В Ь. 1796.' •1793.' No. 11. [4] adagio. No. 12. [11.] f> •The 'Clock. ..."

2. A Dictionary of Music and Musicians (A.D. 1450-1880) by George Grove, John Alexander Fuller-Maitland (1889)
"adagio ma non troppo ; Thema (Andante) with vacations, and Finale. ... Quintet for clarinet and string-quartet; Bb. Allegro; Fantasía adagio ; Menuetto ..."

3. Pronouncing and Defining Dictionary of Music by William Smythe Babcock Mathews, Emil Liebling (1896)
"adagio assa! (ä-dä'jl-ö äs-sä'e), It. Very slow and with much expression. ... adagio con gravita (ä-dä'jl-G kön grä'vl-tä} It. Slow, with gravity aud ..."

4. The Appreciation of Music: A Course of Study for Schools, Colleges, and by Thomas Whitney Surette, Daniel Gregory Mason (1907)
"V. FORM OF HAYDN'S adagio. This adagio of Haydn is a good illustration of ... It may be tabulated as follows: TABULAR VIEW OF SECTIONS IN HAYDN'S adagio. ..."

5. Adams' New Musical Dictionary of Fifteen Thousand Technical Words, Phrases by John Stowell Adams (1865)
"adagio-adagio. (Ita.) A double retardation of time, nearly as slow as grave, ... An abbreviation of adagio. Adaptation. An harmonious conjunction of words ..."

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