(adv.) In a manner to diminish.

a cappella abbandono accrescendo adagietto adagio affettuoso agilmente agitato allegretto allegro amabile amoroso andante andantino appassionatamente appassionato barely audible brillante capriccioso catabasis collapse con affetto con agilita con agitazione con amore contractive crash crescendo deceleration declension decline decline and fall declining decreasing decreasingly decrescent deliquescent dim diminishing diminishingly diminuendo dimness distant dive dolce downtrend downturn drop dwindling ebb ever less faint faint-voiced faintness fall feeble feebleness flatness forte fortissimo gentle gentleness half-heard indistinct indistinctness lamentabile languishing lapse larghetto larghissimo largo legato leggiero less less and less lessening low lowness marcando morendo murmured on the wane parlando pianissimo piano pizzicato plunge prestissimo presto rallentando reductive remission retreat ritardando ritenuto scarcely heard scherzando scherzo scherzoso slowdown slump soft soft-sounding soft-voiced softness sordo sotto voce spiccato staccato stretto subaudibility subaudible subdued subduedness subsidence subsiding tremolando tremoloso trillando unclear unclearness wane waning weak weak-voiced weakness whispered