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niente

Musical term generally used in connection with quasi (‘so to speak’, ‘almost’) when extreme softness of tone is required.



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They played together, like children, with nothings,--nothings that brought them ever back to their love,--ceasing their play only to fall into a revery of the "far niente.
Vendetta by de Balzac, Honore View in context
Beebe was not able to tell the ladies of his adventure at Modena, where the chambermaid burst in upon him in his bath, exclaiming cheerfully, "Fa niente, sono vecchia.
A Room With A View by Forster, E. M. View in context
Niente, niente,' crooned Faustina, sighing yet smiling through her tears.
Raffles, Further Adventures Of The Amateur Cracksman by Hornung, E. W. View in context
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