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lentissimo
len-TI-suh-mo
adjective, adverb
at a slow pace; musical notation for playing a passage at a gentle pace
1929Jean-Richard Bloch— & CoHer playing, like her handwriting, was devoid of those glissandos, those ral-lentissimos, those die-away pianissimos which make the music of young ladies resemble a graceful ride upon a swing.1988Robertson DaviesThe Lyre of Orpheus...it all had to be done lentissimo e languidamente…

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