lentissimo

[ len-tis-uh-moh; Italian len-tees-see-maw ]

adjective

1. very slow.

adverb

1. very slowly.

lentissimo

/ lɛnˈtɪsɪˌməʊ /

adjective

1. music to be played very slowly

Word History and Origins

Origin of lentissimo¹

1900–05; < Italian, superlative of lento lento

Word History and Origins

Origin of lentissimo¹

Italian, superlative of lento slow

Example Sentences

From Tijuana to Brownsville, Texas, along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexican border, everything on wheels moved at a lentissimo pace last week, when it moved at all.

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