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lento (adv.)
"slowly" (musical direction), 1724, from Italian
lento
"slow," from Latin
lentus
"flexible, pliant, slow, sluggish," from PIE root
*lent-
"flexible" (see
lithe
). Related:
Lentissimo
;
lentando
("with increasing slowness").
