adv. Mus. [It., f. lento slow.] Slowly, in slow time.
1762. Sterne, Tr. Shandy, VI. xi. What Yorick could mean by the words lentamente,—tenutè [sic],—grave,—and sometimes adagio,—as applied to theological compositions … I dare not venture to guess.
1876. in Stainer & Barrett, Dict. Mus. Terms, Lentamente.
