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

Not at all loth to improve his advantages, Lennox warbled his most melting lays con amore, watching, as he sung, for any sign of sentiment in the girlish face opposite.

From Silver Pitchers: and Independence A Centennial Love Story by Alcott, Louisa May

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

He ever kept himself abreast of the science of the day, and devoted his abilities and energies, con amore, to the benefitting of men’s souls as well as their bodies.

From The Doctor in History, Literature, Folk-Lore, Etc. by Various

He was a man who could do nothing graciously which he could not do con amore.

From The Landleaguers by Trollope, Anthony

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