con brio
adverb
Example Sentences
Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver, 21 Apr. 2023
Up for auction on the website Bring a Trailer—which, like Car and Driver, is part of Hearst Autos—is this gorgeous confection of motoring con brio.
—Brendan Mcaleer, Car and Driver, 23 Nov. 2022
Rayner mastered the sweet but notoriously unforgiving medium of watercolor con brio, but what his sketches convey also has a literary quality, like a diary or journal.
—David Netto, Town & Country, 12 Sep. 2019
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Word History
Italian, literally, with vigor
1798, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Con brio.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/con%20brio. Accessed 10 Jun. 2023.
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