con amore

[ kon uh-mawr-ee, -mawr-ey, -mohr-ee, -mohr-ey, kohn; Italian kawn ah-maw-re ]

adverb

1. (italics) Italian. with love, tender enthusiasm, or zeal.
2. tenderly and lovingly (used as a musical direction).

con amore

/ kɒn æˈmɔːrɪ /

adjective

1. music (to be performed) lovingly

Word History and Origins

Origin of con amore¹

First recorded in 1730–40

Word History and Origins

Origin of con amore¹

C19: from Italian: with love

Example Sentences

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.

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Phil wooed a fair one, Kate; She met him con amore.

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It was said that the present Duke of St. Albans, the grand falconer, would take to the sport con amore, and not as a mere form; but this is very far indeed from being the case.

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Really it was very pleasant to drop in this way into the centre of a genial circle, and I found my spirits rising fast as we talked together, con amore, of cricket, boating, hunting.

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For by far the larger proportion if not indeed nearly the whole of these life-savers work con amore, and a mishap or positive disaster is often to them an agonising disappointment.

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