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Andante definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ANDAN'TE, [Eng. to wend, to wander.]
In music, a word used to direct to a movement moderately slow, between largo and allegro.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: (of tempo) moderately slow n
1: a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace)
2: a musical composition or musical passage to be performed moderately slow adv
1: at a moderately slow tempo; "this passage must be played andante"

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb or adjective Etymology: Italian, literally, going, present participle of andare to go Date: 1724 moderately slow — usually used as a direction in music II. noun Date: 1784 a musical composition or movement in andante tempo

Oxford Reference Dictionary

adv., adj., & n. Mus. --adv. & adj. in a moderately slow tempo. --n. an andante passage or movement. Etymology: It., part. of andare go

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Andante An*dan"te, a. [It. andante, p. pr. of andare to go.] (Mus.) Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. -- n. A movement or piece in andante time.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(andantes) 1. Andante written above a piece of music means that it should be played fairly slowly. ADV: ADV after v 2. An andante is a piece of music that is played fairly slowly. ...the lovely central Andante. ...the violas' Andante theme. N-COUNT: usu sing

Moby Thesaurus

a poco, adagietto, adagio, allargando, allegretto, allegro, andante tempo, andantino, beat, calando, claudication, compound time, crawl, creep, crescendo, dead march, decrescendo, diminuendo, dogtrot, duple time, footpace, forte, fortissimo, funeral march, hobble, jog, jog trot, larghetto, larghissimo, largo, legato, leisurely gait, lento, limp, lumbering pace, marcando, march tempo, mincing steps, mixed times, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, plod, prestissimo, presto, rack, rag, ragtime, rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, rubato, saunter, scherzando, scherzo, sextuple time, shamble, shuffle, simple time, slouch, slow march, slow motion, spiccato, staccato, stretto, stroll, syncopation, syncope, tempo, tempo rubato, three-quarter time, time, time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, trudge, two-four time, waddle, walk, waltz time