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Presto   Listen
adverb
Presto  adv.  
1.
Quickly; immediately; in haste; suddenly. "Presto! begone! 'tis here again."
2.
(Mus.) Quickly; rapidly; a direction for a quick, lively movement or performance; quicker than allegro, or any rate of time except prestissimo.





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"Presto" Quotes from Famous Books



... out to take control of another human being. But I, personally, prefer the telepathic projection theory. All you have to do is squirt your thoughts across space and spray them all over the other fellow's brain. Presto-bingo, he does pretty much what ...
— Supermind • Gordon Randall Garrett
... and Manoah, hearing the sounds, are filled with anxiety, and the latter expresses his solicitude in the tender aria, "How willing my paternal Love." But the scene suddenly changes. In a short, crashing presto the coming destruction is anticipated. The trembling Israelites express their alarm in the chorus, "Hear us, our God," and appeal to Heaven for protection. A Messenger rushes upon the scene and announces ...
— The Standard Oratorios - Their Stories, Their Music, And Their Composers • George P. Upton


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