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cantabile definition

can·ta·bile (kän tä′bē lā′)

adjective, adverb

in an easy, flowing manner; like a song: often used as a musical direction

Etymology: It < LL cantabilis, worthy to be sung < L cantare: see chant

noun

a cantabile movement or passage

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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