English

Adjective

prestissimo ‎(not comparable)

1. (music) Extremely fast, the fastest possible tempo. [from 18th c.]

Adverb

prestissimo ‎(not comparable)

1. (chiefly music) Very quickly. [from 19th c.]
   • 2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin 2003, p. 286:

     A delegation of Norman gentry boldly requesting in 1771 the calling of the Normandy estates (which had been abolished in 1666) was despatched prestissimo to the Bastille.

Italian

Adjective

prestissimo m ‎(feminine singular prestissima, masculine plural prestissimi, feminine plural prestissime)

1. superlative degree of presto