lentissimo

American

[len-tis-uh-moh, len-tees-see-maw] / lɛnˈtɪs əˌmoʊ, lɛnˈtis siˌmɔ /

adjective

very slow.

adverb

very slowly.

lentissimo British

/ lɛnˈtɪsɪˌməʊ /

adjective

music to be played very slowly

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Etymology

Origin of lentissimo

1900–05; < Italian, superlative of lento lento

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From Tijuana to Brownsville, Texas, along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexican border, everything on wheels moved at a lentissimo pace last week, when it moved at all.

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