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Webster 1913 Edition

adv.

[It. or Sp.

presto

quick, quickly. See

Adj.

]

Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly.

Presto

! begone! ’tis here again.

Swift.

(Mus.)

Quickly; rapidly; – a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.

adv.

[L. proesto.]

In music, a direction for a quick lively movement or performance.

Quickly; immediately; in haste.

See also: presto, prestó, and přesto

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