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prestissimo
[ pre-stis-uh-moh; Italian pre-stees-see-maw ]
adverb
- (a musical direction) in the most rapid tempo.
prestissimo
/ prɛˈstɪsɪˌməʊ /
adjective
- to be played as fast as possible
noun
- a piece or passage directed to be played in this way
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Origin of prestissimo1
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Example Sentences
The rapidity of phrasing in this movement was abnormal—prestissimo, in fact, if we indulge our musical vocabulary.
Up in the top story hurrying drips beat, like metronomes, all the tempi, from a ponderous adagio to a racing prestissimo.
I trust to hear from you not only as fast as allegro, but veloce prestissimo, and good tidings too.
He writes presto on a sonata, or even prestissimo or alia breve, and plays it allegro in three-four time.
When one dies them, four or five times a week, he longs to hasten the course of events, to change the Andante to a Prestissimo.
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