allegretto
Americanadjective
noun
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of allegretto
1730–40; < Italian, equivalent to allegr ( o ) allegro + -etto -et
Vocabulary lists containing allegretto
Example Sentences
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It’s in the allegretto third movement that No. 8’s Russian colors begin to show.
From Washington Post • Dec. 10, 2022
Even Elham, her W’s no longer sounding like V’s, and her tempo improved from largo to allegretto, is eventually able to pose a challenge to Omid’s fluency.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2022
A spiritual, harmonically inventive composition, it climaxes with an allegretto apparently modelled after the African-American "juba" dance once practised on US plantations.
From BBC • Sep. 10, 2021
As the work went on, however, his aunt's song changed imperceptibly from allegretto to adagio, and from the major mode to the minor.
From With the Procession by Fuller, Henry Blake
The aria follows with an allegretto in three-four time, and the execution in this division is very rapid; but the vocalist was equal to the task, and performed it with ease and grace.
From Music and Some Highly Musical People by Trotter, James M.
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