allegretto

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allegretto

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Borrowed from Italian allegretto, diminutive form of allegro.

adverb

  1. not comparable To be played rather fast and lively.

noun allegrettos

  1. A movement in this time. It was only after the conception had received its fullest due, and the vast and complex organism its perfect development, that the certainty arose of an effect on human emotion comparable to that which was born when the opening bars of the allegretto in Beethoven's Seventh Symphony had been played f

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adv musical direction

中文小快板 xiǎokuàibǎn
Portuguêsalegreto
Françaisallégretto
Deutschallegretto
Ελληνικάαλεγκρέτο alegkréto
Românăallegretto
Русскийаллегре́тто allegrétto

noun a movement that is to be played fast and lively

Portuguêsalegreto
Françaisallégretto
DeutschAllegretto
Românăallegretto
Русскийаллегре́тто allegrétto

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@misc{allegretto_2026,
  title = {allegretto},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/allegretto},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}