cantabile.

In a smooth songlike manner, especially as a musical direction.

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Words that belong together

• play cantabile
• cantabile passage

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She played the melody cantabile despite the instrument's brittle tone.

The line unfolded cantabile above the restless accompaniment.

Usage notes

Primary category: sensory / description. Forms: Invariable musical direction; do not invent comparative, plural, or tense forms. Related noun forms, where applicable, are noted by sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.