energicoadv.
/ɛˈnɛːdʒᵻkəʊ/, U.S. /ɛˈnɛrdʒəˌkoʊ/ Music.
Chiefly as a musical direction: with energy, energetically.
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grave1683
cantabile1724
maestoso1724
staccato1724
legato1740
soavemente1740
tenuto1762
amoroso?1765
spiritoso1767
pomposo1786
scherzando1786
strepitoso1801
grazioso1806
mesto1806
risoluto1817
tripsomely1819
alla marcia1823
energico1824
flautando1825
giocoso1828
grandioso1829
religioso1829
largamente1837
marcato1840
flautato1842
leggiero1851
tranquillo1854
appassionato1857
lamentoso1876
misterioso1876
parlando1876
pesante1876
scherzandissimo1876
affettuoso1879
arioso1879
quasi parlato1908
martellato1928
agitato1944
soave1959
1824 T. Valentine Dict. Terms Music (ed. 2) 19 Energico, energetic.
1875 Musical Standard 3 July 4/1 The strings play full chords, pesante, against a florid accompaniment for the pianoforte, which delivers the final subject, energico.
1984 Fanfare May 286 He [sc. Ormandy] leads the first movement energico..if not quite as Allegro as Gibson.
2010 Tempo No. 251. 45/2 The next three minutes are a highly rhythmic scherzo (it's marked Energico).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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