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Sextants
- noun - a measuring instrument for measuring the angular distance between celestial objects; resembles an octant
- a unit of angular distance equal to 60 degrees
Sextette
- noun - a musical composition written for six performers
- a set of six similar things considered as a unit
- six people considered as a unit
- six performers or singers who perform together
Sextolet
- - A double triplet; a group of six equal notes played in the time of four.
Sextuple
- adjective - having six units or components
Sexually
- adverb - by sexual means; "reproduce sexually"
- with respect to sexuality; "sexually ambiguous"
Sforzato
- - Forcing or forced; -- a direction placed over a note, to signify that it must be executed with peculiar emphasis and force; -- marked fz (an abbreviation of forzando), sf, sfz, or
Shabbier
- adjective - Disreputable
- mean and unworthy and despicable; "shabby treatment"
- showing signs of wear and tear; "a ratty old overcoat"; "shabby furniture"; "an old house with dirty windows and tatty curtains"
Shabbily
- adverb - in a mean and ungenerous manner; "the two were haggling shabbily in the drawing-room"
- so as to appear worn and threadbare or dilapidated; "a shabbily dressed man"