Definition of "larghetto" [‖Lar•ghet•to]

• In a slow tempo, usually slightly faster than largo but slower than adagio. Used chiefly as a direction. (adverb)
• A larghetto passage or movement. (noun)

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• "Italics are indicated by two underscores, e.g. _larghetto_."
• "The second movement is a larghetto highly embroidered."
• "But the whole work was written for the sake of the second movement, the _larghetto_, in which Jean-Christophe had depicted an ardent and ingenuous little soul, which was, or was meant to be, a portrait of Minna."