adverb & adjective. In a slow tempo, usually considered to be slower than andante but faster than larghetto. Used chiefly as a direction.

noun. A slow passage, movement, or work, especially one using adagio as the direction.

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noun. A section of a pas de deux in which the ballerina and her partner perform steps requiring lyricism and great skill in lifting, balancing, and turning.

noun. A succession of slow, fluid movements performed as an exercise in ballet.

Special varieties of movement or style are indicated by adding other terms, as: adagio assai or molto, very slow; adagio non troppo, slow, but not too much so; adagio cantabile or sostenuto, slow, with a flowing or sustained movement; adagio patetico, slow and with pathos; adagio pesante, slow, with heavy accents; adagio religioso, slow and in the church style; etc.

noun. In music:

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and with grace. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the performance to be very slow.

Slow: as, an adagio movement.

noun. A slow movement; also, a piece of music or part of a composition characterized by slow movement.

Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

noun. A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement.

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

noun. A passage having this mark.

noun. A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.

adverb. Played rather slowly.

adjective. Describing a passage having this mark.

adverb. slowly

adjective. (of tempo) leisurely

noun. (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)

noun. a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers

"I love Mahler but the adagio from the 5th symphony is used ad nauseum and sentimentally, almost in a Max Steiner Warner."

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