[syn: pianissimo, very softly]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pianissimo \Pi`a*nis"si*mo\, a. [It., superl. of piano.] (Mus.)
Very soft; -- a direction to execute a passage as softly as
possible. (Abbrev. pp.)
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
pianissimo
adv 1: a direction in music; to be played very softly [syn:
pianissimo, very softly] [ant: fortissimo, very
loudly]
adj 1: chiefly a direction or description in music; very soft
n 1: (music) low loudness [syn: piano, pianissimo]
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
86 Moby Thesaurus words for "pianissimo":
a cappella, a la sourdine, abbandono, accrescendo, adagietto,
adagio, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, allegretto, allegro,
amabile, amoroso, andante, andantino, appassionatamente,
appassionato, barely audible, brillante, capriccioso, con affetto,
con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, crescendo, decrescendo,
dim, diminuendo, dimly, distant, dolce, faint, faint-voiced,
faintly, feeble, feebly, forte, fortissimo, gentle, gently,
half-heard, hushedly, indistinct, lamentabile, larghetto,
larghissimo, largo, legato, leggiero, low, marcando, morendo,
murmured, parlando, piano, pizzicato, prestissimo, presto,
rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, scarcely heard, scherzando,
scherzo, scherzoso, soft, soft-sounding, soft-voiced, softly,
sordamente, sordo, sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stretto,
subaudible, subdued, subduedly, tremolando, tremoloso, trillando,
unclear, weak, weak-voiced, weakly, whispered