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festina lente

[ fes-tee-nah len-te; English fe-stahy-nuh len-tee, fe-stee-nuh len-tey ]

Latin.
  1. make haste slowly.


festina lente

/ fɛsˈtiːnə ˈlɛntɪ /

(no translation)

  1. hasten slowly
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Example Sentences

A breakwater is now in progress at Horta, but the work is proceeding with the customary festina lente method of the Portuguese.

I would venture to suggest that the motto of a reformer of prize law should be festina lente.

It chanced that the family motto was Festina Lente; this also was appropriate; had he not all his life made haste slowly?

The motto of Buller's Army was festina lente and its track towards Ladysmith was in zigzag.

Festina Lente seems to be the first maxim in Spanish politics and operations.

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