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Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.

A direction equivalent to very; as, adagio assai, very slow.

Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn. -- n.

Much; very; as, molto adagio, very slow.

e sonata, of three or four contrasted yet inwardly related movements, as the allegro, the adagio, the minuet and trio, or scherzo, and the finale in quick time. The term has recently been applied to large orchestral works in freer form, with arguments or programmes to explain their meaning, such as the "symphonic poems…