Definitions for: Adagio


[n] a musical composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)
[adv] (music) slowly; "here you must play adagio"
[adj] (of tempo) leisurely



Webster (1913) Definition: A*da"gio, a. & adv. [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio
convenience, leisure, ease. See Agio.] (Mus.)
Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated,
adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.


A*da"gio, n.
A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an
adagio of Haydn.

Synonyms: slow

See Also: composition, musical composition, musical passage, opus, passage, piece, piece of music

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