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Adagio Very Common

Adagio has 8 different meanings across 4 categories:

Noun · Adjective · Adverb · Proper Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

3

A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.

Adjective
1

(of tempo) leisurely

2

Describing a passage having this mark.

Adverb
1

slowly

"here you must play adagio"

2

Played rather slowly.

Proper Noun
1

A surname​.

See Also
adagios ballet gracefully duet leisurely balance trio andante
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
musical composition passage dancing
Rhyming Words
gio agio pugio angio aigio regio hagio liggio gorgio sergio fangio grigio biagio plagio reggio maggio disagio rifugio refugio giorgio
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