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lento

[len-toh; It. len-taw]

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adjective

slow.

adverb

slowly.

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Origin:
1715–25; < Italian < Latin lentus slow

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lento (ˈlɛntəʊ)

—*adj, —adv*
1.	to be performed slowly

—n , -tos
2.	a movement or passage performed in this way

[C18: Italian, from Latin lentus slow]

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lento

"slowly" (musical direction), 1724, from It. lento "slow," from L. lentus "flexible, pliant, slow, sluggish," cognate with Skt. lithi, O.E. liðe "soft, mild, gentle" (see lithe).

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