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(kän-tä′bĭ-lā′) Music

adv. & adj.

In a smooth, lyrical, flowing style. Used chiefly as a direction.

A cantabile passage or movement.

[Italian, from Late Latin cantābilis, worthy to be sung, from Latin cantāre, to sing; see kan- in Indo-European roots.]

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cantabile

(kænˈtɑːbɪlɪ) music

adj, adv

(Classical Music) (to be performed) in a singing style, i.e. flowingly and melodiously

(Classical Music) a piece or passage performed in this way

[Italian, from Late Latin cantābilis, from Latin cantāre to sing]

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can•ta•bi•le

(kɑnˈtɑ bɪˌleɪ, -bi-)
Music. adj.

1. songlike and flowing in style.

adv.

2. in a cantabile manner.

[1720–30; < Italian < Late Latin cantābilis worth singing = Latin cantā(re) to sing (see chant) + -bilis -ble]

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Adj.

cantabile - smooth and flowing

singing

music - an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner

melodic, melodious, musical - containing or constituting or characterized by pleasing melody; "the melodious song of a meadowlark"

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