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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective Very slowly. Used chiefly as a direction.

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

  • (Music) very slow; very slowly; -- of music tempo.

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

  • adjective (of tempo) very slow

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, superlative of lento, slow; see lento.]

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