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presto
[pres-toh]
adverb
quickly, rapidly, or immediately.
at a rapid tempo (used as a musical direction).
adjective
quick or rapid.
executed at a rapid tempo (used as a musical direction).
noun
plural
prestosMusic.a movement or piece in quick tempo.
presto
/ ˈɛəʊ /
adjective
music to be played very fast
adverb
immediately, suddenly, or at once (esp in the phrase hey presto )
noun
music a movement or passage directed to be played very quickly
Word History and Origins
Origin of presto1
Word History and Origins
Origin of presto1
Example Sentences
A legal success, and presto, it’s alive again.
Then, presto — all that data appeared on the Android.
Start with a dysfunctional City Council majority, add a pandemic and its effects, throw in metropolitan areas and states upping their game and … presto!
You combine the need for an authoritarian with the evangelical/fervent belief in God’s ordained plan, presto - you have Donald Trump.
A blob that learns to walk could share genes with a squiggle that swims, and presto, you’d have a walking blob-squiggle.
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