a cappella

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Adjective, Adverb
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a cap=pel=la

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective a cappella has 1 sense

Adverbial a cappella has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

a cappella,  [It. See Chapel.].
     In church or chapel style; -- said of compositions sung in the old church style, without instrumental accompaniment; as, a mass a capella, i. e., a mass purely vocal.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

a cappella, adj. & adv. (also alla cappella) Mus. (of choral music) unaccompanied.

Etymology
It., = in church style

THESAURUS

a cappella

abbandono, accrescendo, affettuoso, agilmente, agitato, amabile, amoroso, appassionatamente, appassionato, brillante, capriccioso, con affetto, con agilita, con agitazione, con amore, crescendo, decrescendo, diminuendo, dolce, forte, fortissimo, lamentabile, leggiero, morendo, parlando, pianissimo, piano, pizzicato, scherzando, scherzoso, sordo, sotto voce, spiccato, staccato, stretto, tremolando, tremoloso, trillando

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