ADA'GIO, noun [Latin otium; Eng. ease.]
In music, a slow movement. As an adverb, slowly, leisurely, and with grace. When repeated, adagioadagio it directs the movement to be very slow.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.