adagio
(adjective) (of tempo) leisurely
adagio
(adverb) slowly; “here you must play adagio”
adagio
(noun) a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers
adagio
(noun) (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); “they played the adagio too quickly”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
adagio (plural adagios)
(music) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully.
(music) A passage having this mark.
(dance) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.
adagio (not comparable)
(music) Played rather slowly.
adagio (not comparable)
(music) Describing a passage having this mark.
• When repeated as "adagio, adagio" means even slower
Adagio (plural Adagios)
A surname.
Source: Wiktionary
A*da"gio, a. & adv. Etym: [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio convenience, leisure, ease. See Agio.] (Mus.)
Definition: Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
A*da"gio, n.
Definition: A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
3 April 2025
(noun) an assemblage of parts that is regarded as a single entity; “how big is that part compared to the whole?”; “the team is a unit”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
