Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adverb With great energy; vigorously. Used chiefly as a direction.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In music, with spirit and force.

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  • adverb music with spirit, with vigor; vivaciously (used as a musical direction)

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adverb with liveliness or spirit
  • adjective with liveliness or spirit

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Italian : con, with + brio, vigor.]

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Italian

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