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allegretto

Pronunciation pronunciation key
alăgretō

Function
adverb

Definition 
(in music) to be played at a medium-fast pace.
adjective (in music) medium-fast.
noun (Plural allegrettos or allegretti, alăgretee) a medium-fast pace, or a piece of music to be played at a medium-fast pace: "i have heard an italian conductor (no longer living) take the adagio of that symphony at a lively allegretto, slowing down for the warmer major sections into the speed and manner of the heroine's death song in a Verdi opera…" (George Bernard Shaw, Treatise on Parents and Children).

Etymology etymology key
diminutive of allegro merry

Word or Phrase Origin
Italian

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