Definition of adagios Adagios
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What does adagios mean?
Wiktionary 
- adagios (Noun)
Plural of adagio.
Part of speech
🔤- adagios, noun, plural of adagio.
WordNet
NounPlural: adagioes |
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| adagio - (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly" | ||
| musical composition, opus, piece of music, composition, piece a musical work that has been created; "the composition is written in four movements" | ||
| musical passage, passage the act of passing from one state or place to the next | ||
| adagio - a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers | ||
| dancing, terpsichore, dance, saltation taking a series of rhythmical steps (and movements) in time to music | ||
Adjective |
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| adagio - (of tempo) leisurely | ||
Adverb |
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| adagio - slowly; "here you must play adagio" | ||
| music musical activity (singing or whistling etc.); "his music was his central interest" | ||
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Wiktionary
- adagio (Noun)
A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully. - adagio (Noun)
A passage having this mark. - adagio (Noun)
A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts. - adagio (Adverb)
Played rather slowly. - adagio (Adjective)
Describing a passage having this mark.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- adagio (a. & adv.)
Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow. - adagio (n.)
A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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adagio
A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, liesurely and gracefully.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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adagio
a-dā′gī-o, adv. (mus.) slowly.—n. a slow movement: a piece in adagio time. [It. ad agio, at ease.]
Part of speech
🔤- adagio, noun, singular of adagios.
- adagio, adverb.
