assaiadv.

Brit.

/aˈsʌɪ/, U.S.

/ɑˈsaɪ/

Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian assai.

Etymology: < Italian assai sufficiently (a1250), very (a1311; end of the 17th cent. or earlier as a musical direction, chiefly in sense ‘very’, although many early instances can equally be taken in the sense ‘moderately’) < classical Latin ad satis < ad to, up to (see ad- prefix) + satis enough (see satisfy v.).On the sense ‘somewhat, moderately’ see further New Grove Dict. Music (at cited word).

Music.

†1. Somewhat, moderately. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 12 Assai, this Word is always joyned with some other Word, to lessen or weaken the Strength..of the Words it is joyned with.

1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 6 Assai,..signifies as some pretend, much, and according to others that the measure and motions of the piece be kept in a middle degree of quickness or slowness.

2. Very. Qualifying musical directions, as adagio assai: very slow.

ΚΠ

1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. II. 571/2 The number which should be substituted for Allegro assai , in common time, is about 40.

1855 Musical Times Sept. 102/1 The character of the subjects and accompaniment, vivace assai , in triple time.

1931 Music Supervisors' Jrnl. 17 80/2 Its third movement, Lento assai, is one of the master's most exquisite melodious concepts.

1960 E. Bodky Interpr. Bach's Keyboard Wks. iv. 107 What was called allegro assai was played in those bygone days as one would now play allegretto.

2007 Gramophone Feb. 77/1 How can such a chaotic sense of rhythm be equated with the third Romance's marcato assai instruction?

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	assai
释义	assaiadv. Brit. /aˈsʌɪ/, U.S. /ɑˈsaɪ/ Origin: A borrowing from Italian. Etymon: Italian assai. Etymology: < Italian assai sufficiently (a1250), very (a1311; end of the 17th cent. or earlier as a musical direction, chiefly in sense ‘very’, although many early instances can equally be taken in the sense ‘moderately’) < classical Latin ad satis < ad to, up to (see ad- prefix) + satis enough (see satisfy v.).On the sense ‘somewhat, moderately’ see further New Grove Dict. Music (at cited word). Music. †1. Somewhat, moderately. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1724 Short Explic. Foreign Words Musick Bks. 12 Assai, this Word is always joyned with some other Word, to lessen or weaken the Strength..of the Words it is joyned with. 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 6 Assai,..signifies as some pretend, much, and according to others that the measure and motions of the piece be kept in a middle degree of quickness or slowness. 2. Very. Qualifying musical directions, as adagio assai: very slow. ΚΠ 1740 J. Grassineau tr. S. De Brossard Musical Dict. 6 Assai,..signifies as some pretend, much, and according to others that the measure and motions of the piece be kept in a middle degree of quickness or slowness. 1807 T. Young Course Lect. Nat. Philos. II. 571/2 The number which should be substituted for Allegro assai , in common time, is about 40. 1855 Musical Times Sept. 102/1 The character of the subjects and accompaniment, vivace assai , in triple time. 1931 Music Supervisors' Jrnl. 17 80/2 Its third movement, Lento assai, is one of the master's most exquisite melodious concepts. 1960 E. Bodky Interpr. Bach's Keyboard Wks. iv. 107 What was called allegro assai was played in those bygone days as one would now play allegretto. 2007 Gramophone Feb. 77/1 How can such a chaotic sense of rhythm be equated with the third Romance's marcato assai instruction? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2018; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < adv.1724
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