largo Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun (music) a composition or passage that is to be performed in a slow and dignified manner
  2. adjective satellite very slow in tempo and broad in manner
  3. adverb slowly and broadly

WordNet


Lar"go adjective & adverb
Etymology
It., large, L. largus, See Large.
Definitions
  1. (Mus.) Slow or slowly; -- more so than adagio; next in slowness to grave, which is also weighty and solemn. -- n. A movement or piece in largo time.

Webster 1913