adagio

4 definitions found

adagio - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Adagio \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.
     [1913 Webster]

  Adagio \A*da"gio\, n.
     A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an
     adagio of Haydn.
     [1913 Webster]

adagio - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  adagio
      adv 1: slowly; "here you must play adagio"
      adj 1: (of tempo) leisurely
      n 1: (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and
           gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly"
      2: a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and
         strength by the dancers

adagio - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  32 Moby Thesaurus words for "adagio":
     a poco, adagietto, allargando, allegretto, allegro, andante,
     andantino, calando, crescendo, decrescendo, diminuendo, forte,
     fortissimo, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, lento, marcando,
     pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto, rallentando,
     ritardando, ritenuto, scherzando, scherzo, spiccato, staccato,
     stretto