Definition of "dolce" [dol•ce]

• In a gentle and sweet manner. Used chiefly as a direction. (adverb)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "I am tired of the phrase dolce far niente, the sweetness of doing nothing, but what better way is there to describe that day?"
• "The meaning of Johannes Brahms '"p dolce" is the center of the mystery and both characters, the handsome Kristian and the plain Frederica, are desperate to learn the secret."
• "The type of Gorgonzola required is the creamy, almost runny, cheese called dolce, not the drier sharper variety."