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Overlong
Too long.
Malapropos
Unseasonable or unseasonably; unsuitable or unsuitably.
Tenfold
In tens; consisting of ten in one; ten times repeated.
Na
No, not. See No.
Lento
Slow; in slow time; slowly; -- rarely written lente.
Adagio
Slow; slowly, leisurely, and gracefully. When repeated, adagio, adagio, it directs the movement to be very slow.
Larghetto
Somewhat slow or slowly, but not so slowly as largo, and rather more so than andante.
Decrescendo
With decreasing volume of sound; -- a direction to performers, either written upon the staff (abbreviated Dec., or Decresc.), or indicated by the sign.
Skyward
Toward the sky.
Agog
In eager desire; eager; astir.
Asleep
In a state of sleep; in sleep; dormant.
Fivefold
In fives; consisting of five in one; five repeated; quintuple.
Largo
Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn.
Outboard
Beyond or outside of the lines of a vessel's bulwarks or hull; in a direction from the hull or from the keel; -- opposed to inboard; as, outboard rigging; swing the davits outboard.
Piano
Soft; -- a direction to the performer to execute a certain passage softly, and with diminished volume of tone. (Abbrev. p.)
Ago
Past; gone by; since; as, ten years ago; gone long ago.
Parlando
Alt. of Parlante
Row
Rough; stern; angry.
Headlong
With the head foremost; as, to fall headlong.
Crescendo
With a constantly increasing volume of voice; with gradually increasing strength and fullness of tone; -- a direction for the performance of music, indicated by the mark, or by writing the wo..