music A composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner.

Dutch: grave
Polish: largo

Very slow in tempo and broad in manner.

Slowly and broadly.

Roget 275: slowly etc. adj.; leisurely; piano, adagio; largo, larghetto; at half speed, under easy sail; at a foots pace, at a snail's pace, at a funeral pace; in slow time, with mincing steps, with clipped wings; haud passibus aequis [Lat.] [Vergil]. gradually etc. adj.; gradatim [Lat.]; by degrees, by slow degrees, by inches, by little and little; step by step, one step at a time; inch by inch, bit by bit, little by little, seriatim; consecutively.    ... show more

Roget 415: adagio; largo, larghetto, andante, andantino^†; alla capella [It]; maestoso^†, moderato; allegro, allegretto; spiritoso^†, vivace^†, veloce^†; presto, prestissimo^†; con brio; capriccioso^†; scherzo, scherzando^†; legato, staccato, crescendo, diminuendo, rallentando^†, affettuoso^†; obbligato; pizzicato; desto^†.    ... show more