Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb & adjective In a slow tempo, usually slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio. Used chiefly as a direction.
  • noun A larghetto passage or movement.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In music, somewhat slow: noting a passage to be rendered in somewhat slow tempo; not so slow as largo, but usually slower than andante.
  • noun A movement intended to be performed in somewhat slow tempo.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • (Mus.) Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • adjective music Slower than adagio but not as slow as largo; nearly andantino.
  • noun The larghetto tempo.
  • noun A composition or movement to be played larghetto.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun (music) a composition or passage played in a slow tempo slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio
  • adjective (of tempo) less slow and broad than largo

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian, diminutive of largo, largo; see largo.]

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Italian diminutive of largo

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