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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Andante \An*dan"te\, a. [It. andante, p. pr. of andare to go.]
     (Mus.)
     Moving moderately slow, but distinct and flowing; quicker
     than larghetto, and slower than allegretto. -- n. A movement
     or piece in andante time.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  andante
       adj : (of tempo) moderately slow
       n : a moderately slow tempo (a walking pace)
       adv : at a moderately slow temp; "this passage must be played
             andante"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  81 Moby Thesaurus words for "andante":
     a poco, adagietto, adagio, allargando, allegretto, allegro,
     andante tempo, andantino, beat, calando, claudication,
     compound time, crawl, creep, crescendo, dead march, decrescendo,
     diminuendo, dogtrot, duple time, footpace, forte, fortissimo,
     funeral march, hobble, jog, jog trot, larghetto, larghissimo,
     largo, legato, leisurely gait, lento, limp, lumbering pace,
     marcando, march tempo, mincing steps, mixed times, pianissimo,
     piano, pizzicato, plod, prestissimo, presto, rack, rag, ragtime,
     rallentando, ritardando, ritenuto, rubato, saunter, scherzando,
     scherzo, sextuple time, shamble, shuffle, simple time, slouch,
     slow march, slow motion, spiccato, staccato, stretto, stroll,
     syncopation, syncope, tempo, tempo rubato, three-quarter time,
     time, time pattern, timing, triple time, triplet, trudge,
     two-four time, waddle, walk, waltz time
  
  

















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