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leggiero

[ le-jer-oh ]

adjective

  1. light and delicate.


adverb

  1. with a light, delicate touch.

noun

  1. a passage to be played with a light, delicate touch, or an instance of this way of playing.
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of leggiero1

First recorded in 1840–45; from Italian, obsolete spelling of leggero “light, delicateâ€; legerity ( def )
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"It looks like we're going to be closed for a while again" due to the damage from the crash, Matteo Leggiero added.

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Mr Leggiero, who lives near the family-run restaurant which is on Meanwood Road, said he was alerted to the crash after the venue's alarms went off.

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Mr Leggiero said: "It breaks our hearts seeing the restaurant like this after just being able to reopen. We promise we'll be back as soon as possible."

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Leggiero, a valiant major belonging to the island of Maddalena, who had followed the General in South America, and returned to Italy with him, was their only companion.

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The Recluse, bearing his precious burden—that dear and faithful wife—wandered sadly, with his companion, Leggiero, through the lagoons of the lower Po, until he had closed her eyes, and wept over her cold corpse tears of desperation.

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