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con brio en · ADV

Pronunciation

Etymology

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

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) 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: