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Definition of Largo
1. Adverb. Slowly and broadly.
2. Adjective. Very slow in tempo and broad in manner.
3. Noun. (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner.
Generic synonyms: Composition, Musical Composition, Opus, Piece, Piece Of Music, Musical Passage, Passage
Definition of Largo
1. a. & adv. Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.
Definition of Largo
1. Noun. (music) a very slow tempo ¹
2. Noun. (music) a musical piece or movement in such a tempo ¹
3. Adjective. (music) strong and stately ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Largo
1. a slow musical movement [n -GOS]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Largo
Literary usage of Largo
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Botany by Geological Survey of California, William Henry Brewer, Sereno Watson, Asa Gray (1876)
"Embryo largo and straight, in sparing albumen. A large family in the wanner
regions, sparingly represented in the temperate zones, only two small genera ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... with black eyes, prominent cheek bones, the nose flat rather than arched or
straight, nostrils wide and full, mouth inclined to be largo, lips full, ..."
3. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1862)
"The Donations laid on the table included the following :— Portions of Human Bones
found in a Stone Cist at Lundin, near largo, Fifeshire. ..."
4. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1918)
"CHIAJA, kya'-ya, a fashionable driveway in modern Naples, commencing at the largo
Vittoria and extending for a mile along the coast. ..."
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