con amore

American  

[kon uh-mawr-ee, -mawr-ey, -mohr-ee, -mohr-ey, kohn, kawn ah-maw-re] / kɒn əˈmɔr i, -ˈmɔr eɪ, -ˈmoʊr i, -ˈmoʊr eɪ, koʊn, kɔn ɑˈmɔ rɛ /

adverb

1. (italics) with love, tender enthusiasm, or zeal.

2. tenderly and lovingly (used as a musical direction).

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con amore British  

/ kɒn æˈmɔːrɪ /

adjective

1. music (to be performed) lovingly

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Etymology

Origin of con amore

First recorded in 1730–40

Example Sentences

I had been reading Coleridge’s description of England in his fine Ode on the Departing Year, and I applied it, con amore, to the objects before me.

From Winterslow Essays and Characters Written There by Hazlitt, William

His duty, and it was performed con amore, was to be in attendance early in the day at the club to provide the dinner.

From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.

They evidently exerted themselves con amore; and we have never heard music performed with greater care, energy, or effect.

From Life of Beethoven by Schindler, Anton

For those who can in after life enter con amore, into the sports of children, tumble with and be tumbled about by them, it is like living their childhood over again.

From The South-West By a Yankee. In Two Volumes. Volume 1 by Ingraham, Joseph Holt

O listen, I beg, con amore, Pray pause in your Juggernaut flight, And hark, while I tell you the story Of Lipton, that chivalrous knight!

From The Motley Muse (Rhymes for the Times) by Graham, Harry