pian

How to use pian in a sentence

• pian′o-school, a school where piano music is taught; pian′o-stool, a stool on which the player sits at the piano.

  Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) | Various

• “pian piano—not so fast,” said Nello, sticking his thumbs into his belt and nodding to Sandro to restore order.

  Romola | George Eliot

• We then come to a very large city, called pian-fu, in which there is vast abundance of silk and much trade.

  A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels, Vol. I | Robert Kerr

• In October, 1515, we again find him at pian di Mugnone; no doubt the summer heats had induced a return of his fever.

  Fra Bartolommeo and Andrea D'Agnolo | Leader Scott