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- noun Plural form of
andante .
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Examples
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Mizolwat - That may be so, but none the less, I should prefer my unwashed andantes to your buffoonish forelegs.
The Sea at Sea (or Why is There a Question Instead of Not a Question) 2010
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He was to be no errant musician, improvising according to his mood; the score he was to play was before him, and he must play it note for note, paying strict attention to rests, keys, andantes, fortissimos, pianissimos.
Youth Challenges Clarence Budington Kelland 1922
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She could think of no tunes but dances -- andantes turned scherzi, the Handelian largo became a Castilian tango.
We Can't Have Everything Rupert Hughes 1914
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Night after night, and sometimes day after day, they rolled out their choruses in the great Speak House -- solemn andantes and adagios, led by the clapped hand, and delivered with an energy that shook the roof.
In the South Seas Robert Louis Stevenson 1872
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My mind wanders through adagios and andantes, gaping, longing to understand.
An Autobiography Catherine Helen Spence 1867
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Indians of the forests, and the Indians heretofore nomadic* (Indios monteros and Indios llaneros, or andantes).
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The inhabitants of Uruana belong to those nations of the savannahs called wandering Indians (Indios andantes) who, more difficult to civilize than the nations of the forest (Indios del monte), have a decided aversion to cultivate the land, and live almost exclusively by hunting and fishing.
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The Spanish missionaries characterise them well by the name of Indios andantes (errant or vagabond Indians), because they are perpetually moving from place to place.
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The inhabitants of Uruana belong to those nations of the savannahs called wandering Indians (Indios andantes) who, more difficult to civilize than the nations of the forest (Indios del monte), have a decided aversion to cultivate the land, and live almost exclusively by hunting and fishing.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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The Spanish missionaries characterise them well by the name of Indios andantes (errant or vagabond Indians), because they are perpetually moving from place to place.
Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 Alexander von Humboldt 1814
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