presto
quickly, rapidly, or immediately.
at a rapid tempo (used as a musical direction).
quick or rapid.
executed at a rapid tempo (used as a musical direction).
Music. a movement or piece in quick tempo.
Origin of presto
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How to use presto in a sentence
“We used to go for food at a little Italian place on Old Compton Street called presto,” says Burston.
By simply saying those nine simple words we can magically claim anything for Islam, presto-chango.
And presto: polio returned—first in Nigeria then across Africa and into Asia, following an established migration pattern.
Toss a Cinderella- or Stockholm Syndrome-type victim into the mix and presto!
But these people are wholly on wires; laying their ears down, skimming away, pausing as though shot, and presto!
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
Mr. Jefferson, happening by mistake to pass over one of the many names of benefactors, and, presto!
The Onlooker, Volume 1, Part 2 | VariousA clerk on a stool, and hey presto plunged into the war a month after, shouldering a gun and marching.
Lord Ormont and his Aminta, Complete | George MeredithThen Mrs. Spider came along, and she spun some glossy silk web over the places where the seams were, and presto-chango!
Lulu, Alice and Jimmie Wibblewobble | Howard R. GarisVictor had much difficulty in reading the notes readily and not confounding the terms adagio, presto, and sforzando.
Bouvard and Pcuchet, part 2 | Gustave Flaubert
British Dictionary definitions for presto
/ (ˈprɛstəʊ) /
music to be played very fast
immediately, suddenly, or at once (esp in the phrase hey presto)
music a movement or passage directed to be played very quickly
Origin of presto
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