pianissimo
adjective
very soft.
pianissimos
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pluralof pianissimo.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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On Friday, however, her sound was often comparatively bright and extreme — the sfordanzos true explosions, the pianissimos exquisitely soft-spoken.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2023
Edita Gruberova, a soprano who reigned over world opera stages for decades, dazzling audiences with her shimmering pianissimos and vocal pyrotechnics in the works of composers including Donizetti, Verdi and Richard Strauss, died Oct.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 19, 2021
This score provides a good acoustical test, its dynamic range running from celestial pianissimos to apocalyptic thunder.
From The New Yorker ● May 15, 2017
Throughout the evening, she may have gotten a little carried away making sudden shifts between dramatic outpouring and floating pianissimos, a tic becoming a predictable shtick.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 15, 2014
In the fortissimo passages his tone was immense, and his pianissimos were the most delicate whispers.
From A Popular History of the Art of Music From the Earliest Times Until the Present by W. S. B. (William Smythe Babcock) Mathews
