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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adagio
noun
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▪ During this third movement, an adagio, the land also developed stretch marks.
▪ These are good musicians, they also know that they play the adagio too quickly.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adagio

Adagio \A*da"gio\, a. & adv. [It. adagio; ad (L. ad) at + agio convenience, leisure, ease. See Agio.] (Mus.) Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow. [1913 Webster] ||

Adagio

Adagio \A*da"gio\, n. A piece of music in adagio time; a slow movement; as, an adagio of Haydn.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
adagio

c.1746, in music, "slowly, leisurely and gracefully," Italian, from ad agio, from ad "to, at" (see ad-) + agio "leisure," from Vulgar Latin adiacens, present participle of adiacere "to lie at, to lie near" (compare adjacent). In noun sense of "a slow movement," first attested 1784.

Wiktionary
adagio

a. (context music English) Describing a passage having this mark. adv. (context music English) Played rather slowly. n. 1 (context music English) A tempo mark directing that a passage is to be played rather slowly, leisurely and gracefully. 2 (context music English) A passage having this mark. 3 (context dance English) A male-female duet or mixed trio ballet displaying demanding balance, spins and/or lifts.

WordNet
adagio
  1. adj. (of tempo) leisurely

  2. n. (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully); "they played the adagio too quickly"

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

  4. adv. slowly; "here you must play adagio"

Wikipedia
Adagio (band)

Adagio is a French progressive metal band formed in 2000 by guitarist Stephan Forté.

Adagio

Adagio (from Italian adagio "slowly", coming from the expression ad agio, "at ease") may refer to:

Adagio (Sweetbox album)

Adagio is the fourth album of Sweetbox and the third album with Jade Villalon as frontwoman. It was released in 2004, in two different versions. One was released in Japan, debuting at #3, and the other was released in Europe, South Korea and Taiwan. The album was heavily inspired by world music, with songs sampling music originating from around the globe. The album also saw a hip-hop influence, furthered by guest vocalist RJ. Many of the songs showcased a far more personal approach from Jade's songwriting, dealing with topics such as spirituality and accepting the death of loved ones.

The album contains the extended versions of "Real Emotion" and "1000 Words", two of the tracks Jade recorded for the popular video game, Final Fantasy X-2.

The track 'Chyna Girl' was originally written by Jade and Geo, for the pop group S.H.E.

Adagio (acrobatics)

Adagio is the performance of partner acrobalance poses and associated movements that involve stationary balances by a pair of performers. It is performed in professional circus, in various dance disciplines including acro dance and ballet, in pair skating, and as a hobby in university circus groups.

An adagio pair consists of one person acting as a flier and another as a base. The base remains in contact with the floor and the flier is balanced in the air. The base may move between a variety of positions including lying on the floor, crouching, standing and kneeling. The flier may be balanced on the base's feet, hands, shoulders, knees, thighs, back or combinations of these, in a variety of positions and orientations including horizontal, vertical or even upside down. In general, it is easier for the flier to be lighter and the base heavier and stronger, though this is not a requirement as equal partner weights or even an imbalance of weights in the other direction can be leveraged.

Adagio (Solitude Aeturnus album)

Adagio is the fifth album by Solitude Aeturnus.

Adagio (film)

Adagio is a 2000 Russian short film.

Adagio (hotel)

Adagio City Aparthotel is a joint venture launched by Accor Hotels and Pierre & Vacances, and is a major hotel company proposing a formula of apartments for rent in large cities, responding to changing needs.

Usage examples of "adagio".

I segued into the second movement, that sense of bright expectation replaced by the slow, haunting strains of the Adagio, at once lyrical and sad -- mirroring the turns my own life had taken, the shifting harmonies sounding to me like the raised voices of ghosts, of echoes.

As terrible as that night was, I told myself that the Adagio had to end sometime.

I know that life is andante and presto and adagio, all entwined, a fugue of sorts, the promise and the sadness often separated by mere moments, tragedy and serenity not nearly so discrete as I once believed.

Imbs was practicing his complicated piece, the so-called adagio, and the machinist, with a manipulation of the black switch box, had turned off all the machines for the time required to go through the piece three times.

Is it Gutenberg who, after the bright allegro, whistles an adagio as a finale?

I primi venti della tua schiera, disse a Mimo, marcino radi e adagio sino ad incontrare il nemico.

Beethoven adagios, of which we find the most beautiful specimens naturally among the orchestral pieces and in the chamber music, where he could depend upon the long phrases and sustained tones of the violins.

My mind wanders through adagios and andantes, gaping, longing to understand.

There was no sign of Andrew, or of Bitten, but from upstairs came the mournful adagio Bitten had played this morning.

At least the adagio was, though the allegretto was suitable for dancing.

Baseball is the only modern sport with more adagio than allegro built into the structure of the game.

Stooped, he strode stiffly to the machine shop and inquired of the machinist when the buzz saw and lathe were planning to take a fairly protracted intermission, because he, the ballet pianist and former concert pianist, wished to practice, very softly, some thing complicated, a so-called adagio.

So we do the Academic Adagio, the Deconstructionist Dip, the Theosophical Thrash, to rationalize why we love or hate or enjoy or find disappointing some book or movie or comic or tv show.

I primi venti della tua schiera, disse a Mimo, marcino radi e adagio sino ad incontrare il nemico.

You know that they have great sensibility, and cannot restrain their transports, so that in the midst of the finest passages in soft adagios they clap their hands in loud applause and thus mar the effect.