adv. & adj. Music In a gradually broadening style and slowing tempo. Used chiefly as a direction. [Italian, present participle of allargare, to broaden : al-, to (from Latin ad-; see AD-) + largare, to broaden (from largo, broad, from Latin largus).] |
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