lento

adjective

1. slow.

adverb

2. slowly.

adjective, adverb

1. to be performed slowly

noun plural -tos

2. a movement or passage performed in this way

“slowly” (musical direction), 1724, from Italian lento “slow,” from Latin lentus “flexible, pliant, slow, sluggish” (see lithe). Related: Lentissimo.