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a. & adv.
Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.
n.
An elaborate instrumental composition for a full orchestra, consisting usually, like the sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the "symphonic poems" of Liszt. The term was formerly applied to any composition for an orchestra, as overtures, etc., and still earlier, to certain compositions partly vocal, partly instrumental.
a.
Pertaining to an adage; proverbial.
n.
An established principle or proposition; a condensed proposition of important practical truth; an axiom of practical wisdom; an adage; a proverb; an aphorism.
n.
An old and common saying; a phrase which is often repeated; especially, a sentence which briefly and forcibly expresses some practical truth, or the result of experience and observation; a maxim; a saw; an adage.
adv.
Much; very; as, molto adagio, very slow.
n.
An old saying, which has obtained credit by long use; a proverb.
n.
A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.
a. & adv.
Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
n.
A popular maxim, adage, or proverb.