Examples of adagio in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb or adjective Next comes adagio work, or slower sustained movements and balances, without the aid of a barre. — New York Times, 25 Mar. 2020 But in the sublime, time-stopping Poco adagio, the gentle purr of the organ beneath the orchestra sounds one-dimensional. — Barbara Jepson, WSJ, 31 Dec. 2018 And extreme contrasts - the fourth movement has rapidly, repeatedly alternating speeds, adagio to presto - were narrowed, giving little shock. — Alan Artner, chicagotribune.com, 30 June 2018 Recent Examples on the Web: Noun The adagio begins with muted warmth in the strings, which Reinhardt used to highlight the winds’ unity of timbre and intonation. — Luke Schulze, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2022 And while Cox and Grimaud were in sync for most of the movement, their dynamics diverged toward the adagio’s end — both landing at slightly different angles. — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022 The adagio movement had a lovely softness and fine balance between strings and woodwinds; and the third movement was kept light, lithe and lucid. — Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2022 The work is a showcase for the first violinist, and Edward Dusinberre’s virtuosity was notable from the start, particularly in the adagio where his cascading melodies were elegantly executed with the lightest of touch. — Jonathan Nussman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Oct. 2021 The ascending trills in the cadenza of the adagio of the Brahms first piano concerto, each joined by the next and then prolonged with a touch of the pedal—just a little, nothing showy—had a resonance like the shimmering of the universe. — The Economist, 15 Aug. 2020 The outer movements are nervy and restless, never settling, set against a still, melancholy adagio. — E.c., The Economist, 21 May 2020 That’s how Beethoven said he was inspired to write the Molto adagio movement of Op. — Daniel J. Wakin, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020 But the adagio third movement, the symphony’s centerpiece, proved somewhat disappointing on this night. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, 22 Oct. 2019 See More

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History and Etymology for adagio

Adverb or adjective

borrowed from Italian, from the phrase ad agio, literally, "at ease," from ad, a "to, at" (going back to Latin ad) + agio "ease, convenience," borrowed from Old French aise, eise — more at at entry 1, ease entry 1

Noun

borrowed from Italian, derivative of adagio adagio entry 1