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lentissimo

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len⋅tis⋅si⋅mo

  [len-tis-uh-moh; It. len-tees-see-maw] Music.
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–adjective
1. very slow.
–adverb
2. very slowly.
Origin:
1900–05; < It, superl. of lento lento
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len·tis·si·mo   (lěn-tĭs'ĭ-mō', -tē'sē-)   
adv.   & adj. Music
Very slowly. Used chiefly as a direction.

[Italian, superlative of lento, slow; see lento.]
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