Definition of "molto" []

• Music Very; much. Used chiefly in directions. (adverb)

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• ""Grazie molto -- _molto_!" murmured Irene, which meant "Thanks awfully," and was one of the very few Italian phrases which she knew."
• "(Annunziata measured off an inch on her finger), "he who always eats a great deal, -- _eh, ma molto, molto_," and, separating her hands, she measured off something like twenty inches in the air."
• "_molto molto duro_, 'meaning _very loud_ (his Italian is not very much more correct, you know, than his other languages), and how Napoleon took off his hat to him directly."