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scherzando

scherzando adverb: in a playful or sportive manner.

Adverb

scherzando (comparative more scherzando, superlative most scherzando)

  1. In a playful or sportive manner.

Noun

scherzando (plural scherzandos or scherzandi)

  1. A piece of music to be played in a playful or sportive manner.

Forms of scherzando

Adverb
comparativemore scherzando
superlativemost scherzando
Noun
pluralscherzandos
pluralscherzandi

Origin of scherzando

Borrowed from Italian scherzando.

Questions about scherzando

What does scherzando mean?
Scherzando means in a playful or sportive manner.
What part of speech is scherzando?
Scherzando can be an adverb or a noun.

Words near scherzando in the dictionary

  1. Schers
  2. schertelite
  3. Schertz
  4. Schertzes
  5. scherzandi
  6. scherzando
  7. scherzandos
  8. scherzi
  9. scherzini
  10. scherzino
  11. scherzinos

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