Etymology

adagietto

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Today it means: A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played slightly faster than adagio. Full definition →

Italian adagietto
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  1. Italian · borrowed fromadagietto
  2. English todayadagietto

Borrowed from Italian adagietto, a diminutive of adagio.

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