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con brio

con brio adverb: with spirit, with vigor; vivaciously (used as a musical direction).

Adverb

con brio (not comparable)

  1. With spirit, with vigor; vivaciously (used as a musical direction).
    • She ate, drank, worked, danced, and made love in exactly the same way: con brio.1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger
    • The bags were obviously heavy but she carried them con brio, her back straight, her low heels clicking briskly.2011, Stephen King, chapter 20, in 11/22/63, New York: Scribner, →ISBN, page 442

Origin of con brio

From Italian con brio (literally “with vigor”).

Questions about con brio

What does con brio mean?
Con brio means with spirit, with vigor; vivaciously (used as a musical direction).
What part of speech is con brio?
Con brio is an adverb.

Words near con brio in the dictionary

  1. con
  2. con amore
  3. con artist
  4. con artistry
  5. con artists
  6. con brio
  7. con crud
  8. Con Ed
  9. con flu
  10. con game
  11. con games

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