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‖ piˈano piˈano, pianpiano, adv. Obs.
[It., softly, softly.]
Softly, gently, in a quiet leisurely manner, little by little.
1601A. Copley Answ. Let. Jesuited Gent. 116 Our good men must goe as they may, pean, peano, and beare their quips the while. 1687A. Lovell tr. Bergerac's Com. Hist. 39 That Tyger of a Man being come down Pian Piano. 1741–70E. Carter Lett. (1808) 5, I go on piano piano with my history of the Incas. 1925D. H. Lawrence Let. 25 Nov. (1962) II. 867 But it's no good: we've got to go piano-piano. |