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grazioso

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gra⋅zi⋅o⋅so

  [graht-see-oh-soh; It. grah-tsyaw-zaw] Music.
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–adjective
1. graceful; flowing.
–adverb
2. gracefully; flowingly.
Origin:
1800–10; < It: lit., gracious, gentle, equiv. to grazi(a) grace + -oso -ous
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gra·zi·o·so   (grät'sē-ō'sō, -zō)   
adv.   & adj. Music
In a graceful, smooth manner. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, from Latin grātiōsus, gracious, agreeable; see gracious.]
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