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

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con amore

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

I feel confident that you are none of these, but one who, like the friends who have supported my Magazine, writes upon subjects which he takes an interest in, and therefore handles them con amore.

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 98, December, 1865 by Various

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

Herby still painting away con amore, & making good progress.

From The Letters of Anne Gilchrist and Walt Whitman by Gilchrist, Anne Burrows

This is a pleasant book, a good book, and a book worthy to be bought by mothers and daughters, and studied, con amore, in quiet parlours and snug nurseries.

From My Knitting Book by Lambert, Miss