pianissimo.

At a very soft musical dynamic.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• play pianissimo
• pianissimo entrance

On the page

The violins entered pianissimo beneath the spoken prayer.

She played pianissimo so the listener had to lean toward the doorway.

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.