noun. In music: A short adagio.

noun. An indication of time, signifying somewhat faster than adagio.

noun. A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played more lighthearted than adagio.

noun. A passage having this mark.

adverb. More lighthearted than adagio.

adjective. Describing a passage having this mark.

"Yet I felt strangely unmoved, even during the celebrated, shimmering adagietto."