fortissimo

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

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Borrowed from Italian fortissimo.

There was no modulation, no phrasing, no interpretation; it was merely a steady fortissimo outpouring of a remarkable volume of tone for so small an instrument. — Flamsted quarries, Mary E. (Mary Ella) Waller
A howl of delight went up from the school, which was repeated, fortissimo, when, more by accident than by accurate timing, the captain put on two more fours past extra-cover. — Mike, P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
Every now and then he galvanized himself to further efforts by ejaculating something that sounded like “Platt Skeet,” uttered fortissimo and in marked contrast to the rest of his delivery. — The Man in the Brown Suit, Agatha Christie

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