lento
Americanadjective
adverb
adjective
noun
Etymology
Origin of lento
1715–25; < Italian < Latin lentus slow
Vocabulary lists containing lento
Example Sentences
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The sounds of D-minor resonate from an ambient synth pad before migrating lento to A-minor.
From Time ● Aug. 9, 2017
He never finished the second movement: two minutes and 35 seconds into the lento, the music is cut off in mid-measure, mute testimony to catastrophe, as eloquent as any note ever written.
From Time Magazine Archive
She recites poetry where she should radiate it; and goes through the role as though following a score marked presto or lento, ff. or pp.
From Time Magazine Archive
It bothered almost nobody until Bandleader Isham Jones recorded it in a haunting lento.
From Time Magazine Archive
“Aha, now you’re starting!” she exclaimed with savage joy, passing from lento to allegro vivace.
From The Social Cancer by Derbyshire, Charles E.
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