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sforzando definition

sfor·zando (sfôr tsän′dō)

adjective, adverb

with sudden force or emphasis: a musical direction

Etymology: It < sforzare, to force: s- (< L ex-, intens.) + VL *fortiare < fortia, force

noun pl. sforzandos -·dos

a sforzando note or chord

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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