andantino

Adjective
US[ahn-dahn-tee-noh]/ˌɑnˌdɑnˈtinoʊ/4 syllables

Open English WordNet

Adjective (1)

  1. (of tempo) moderately fastOpposite slowSimilar fast
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

An′dan·ti′no (…), adjective

Origin: It., dim. of andante.

Music Rather quicker than andante; between that allegretto.

☞ Some, taking andante in its original sense of “going,” and andantino as its diminutive, or “less going,” define the latter as slower than andante.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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