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Word of the Day - Dolce

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dolce

/ˈdɒltʃeɪ/
adjective & adverb
Music
(especially as a direction) sweetly and softly.

Origin
Italian, literally ‘sweet’.

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Rudy cringed as the violins slithered in. Everyone else seemed to think violins make sweet music, regularly marked "dolce" on the score. Rudy thought violins mainly sounded whiny and weak. A horn, now there was a sweeet sound.

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