adagio

Definitions

1. 1.Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
2. 2.A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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