Definition of "furioso" []

• Music In a tempestuous and vigorous manner. Used chiefly as a direction. (adverb)

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• "“Well, I tried to sell him—though Consuela would have been muy furioso—and then one woman who came to look at him told me about this famous bird sanctuary on Maui.”"
• "He was one of the first to attempt an extended setting of Ariosto; his Capriccio, a setting of 91 stanzas from Orlando furioso, is a striking example of his tendency to organize series of related texts into broad formal units."
• "“Uno show di cucina ambientato in prigione e condotto da un carcerato che passa da chef famoso a galeotto pazzo furioso in pochi secondi”, aiutato dalla sua spalla Frigo."