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scherzando

American  
[skert-sahn-doh, -san-] / skɛrtˈsɑn doʊ, -ˈsæn- /

adjective

  1. (a musical direction) playful; sportive.

scherzando British  
/ skɛəˈtsændəʊ /

adjective

  1. to be performed in a light-hearted manner

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noun

  1. a movement, passage, etc, directed to be performed in this way

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Etymology

Origin of scherzando

First recorded in 1785–90; from Italian, gerund of scherzare “to joke”; scherzo

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