Assai Definition
ä-sī
adverb
Very. Used in tempo directions.
Allegro assai.
American Heritage
Very.
Allegro assai.
Webster's New World
In music, a tempo direction equivalent to "very".
Wiktionary
noun
Any of a genus (Euterpe, esp. E. edulis) of palm trees native to Brazil, bearing a small, dark-purple, fleshy, edible fruit.
Webster's New World
Origin of Assai
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Italian from Vulgar Latin ad satis to sufficiency asset
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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