| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | an·dan·te |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  än-dän t ,  n-dnt |
| ADVERB & ADJECTIVE: | abbr. and. Music In a moderately slow tempo, usually considered to be slower than allegretto but faster than adagio. Used chiefly as a direction. | | NOUN: | An andante passage or movement. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, from present participle of andare, to walk, ultimately perhaps from Latin ambulre. See ambhi- in Appendix I.
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