con brio

English

Etymology

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

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Adverb

con brio (not comparable)

1. (music) with spirit, with vigor; vivaciously (used as a musical direction)
   • 1990, Stephen King, The Moving Finger:

     She ate, drank, worked, danced, and made love in exactly the same way: con brio.

   • 2012, Stephen King, chapter 20, in 11/22/63, page 442:

     The bags were obviously heavy but she carried them con brio, her back straight, her low heels clicking briskly.

Anagrams

• boronic, cobiron