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
And, presto, you have data that become suspicious by the standard he himself defined.
The double self-own of Republicans seeking fraud testimony from a conspiracy theorist | Philip Bump | October 7, 2021 | Washington PostIf you were a toothpaste company, you would donate tubes for all the athletes… and, presto, you were an Olympic sponsor.
We've Been Saying the Olympic Games Are Dead for Decades. Here's Why They Keep Going | L. Jon Wertheim | June 23, 2021 | TimeSimply zap water with electricity, and presto, you’ve got hydrogen.
A shoplifter looks at the camera and presto, police use face recognition to identify a suspect.
“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 StevensonMr. 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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