staccato in English
- staccato⇄adj. 1. (Music.) with breaks between the successive tones; detached; disconnected.
Ex. His piano Bach is in the approved lighter, percussive, and staccato style (Harper's).
2. (Figurative.) abrupt.
Ex. Her manner to her husband was ... - staccato⇄adv. (Music.) in a staccato manner.
- staccato⇄noun 1. (Music.) a succession of disconnected or staccato notes; passage played in a staccato manner.
2. (Figurative.) anything of an abrupt or disconnected nature, as speech.
Ex. His characters converse with curt clinical efficiency. This s - staccato⇄staccato, adjective, adverb, noun, pl.-tosor-ti.