fortissimo

comparative more fortissimo · superlative most fortissimo

1. entertainmentIndicating that the piece is to be played very loudly.

   (abbreviation) ff

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   He claims he was doing no more than repeating the standard nationalist account. So he was, but he was also repeating that passionate liberal critique which had resounded, often fortissimo, in British debate when Indian nationalism was still a half-formed dream.

   2017 September 7, Ferdinand Mount, “Umbrageousness”, in London Review of Books

plural fortissimos · plural fortissimi

1. entertainmentThe dynamic sign indicating that the piece should be played fortissimo.