Adagio (Italian: slow) is an indication of tempo and is sometimes used to describe a slow movement, even when the indication of speed at the start of the movement may be different. The diminutive form adagietto is a little faster than adagio.

c. 1746, in music, "slowly, leisurely and gracefully," Italian, from ad agio, from ad "to, at" (see ad-) + agio "leisure," from Vulgar Latin adiacens, present participle [..]

A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.

Musical Definition: To play slowly and with feeling. Name Meaning: "Loving"

Medium slow in tempo, approximately 66 – 76 bpm

1. A slow tempo marking between largo and andante. This term can be seen abbreviated as adag., adgº, adgo, adº, or ado.   2. A composition written in a slow tempo, frequently the second movement of so [..]

  A slow, leisurely tempo, often considered to be slower than andante, but not quite as slow as largo. Slow movements of a piece are sometimes titled Adagio.

(n) (music) a composition played in adagio tempo (slowly and gracefully)(n) a slow section of a pas de deux requiring great skill and strength by the dancers(adj) (of tempo) leisurely(adv) slowly

N F proverb; adage

  slowly Often indicates a speed somewhere between andante and largo

very slow

quite slow.

A slow tempo. Generally slower than andante, but not as slow as largo. Literally, at ease.

 – at ease; i.e., slow

slowly

A tempo having slow movement; restful at ease.

a musical term indicating a slow and leisurely tempo, typically 55 to 76 bpm. See chart of tempo terms.

 Quite slow tempo.

Slow

[It] a slow tempo, quicker than a largo but slower than andante.

Slow

Tempo indication: to be played slowly, at ease

tempo indication. Slow. Faster than largo and slower than lento. See also “tempo”.

Comes from the Italian expression ad agio, “at ease,” and in music refers to a slow and stately tempo.

(It. slow, at leisure) 1) Slow tempo between andante and largo, or, as used by certain 18th- and 19th-century writers, the slowest tempo. 2) A slow movement.