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from The Century Dictionary.

  • In music, slow: noting a passage to be rendered in slow tempo and broad, dignified style.
  • noun A movement intended to be performed in such tempo and style.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Mus.) Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner
  • adverb slowly and broadly
  • adjective very slow in tempo and broad in manner

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