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staccato [stak-ah-toe] Adjective 1. Music (of notes) short and separate 2. consisting of short abrupt sounds: the staccato sound of high-heels on the stairs Adverb in a staccato manner [Italian]
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| While still in the anteroom Prince Andrew heard loud voices and a ringing staccato laugh- a laugh such as one hears on the stage. She was a little frightened, not only by his thoughts, but by his staccato way of expressing them. What he said we could not hear for the deep-drawn blast and the high staccato crackle of the blazing hold. |
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