[{"Bold_text": "adjective", "List Items": ["shortened and detached when played or sung:staccato notes.", "characterized by performance in which the notes are abruptly disconnected:Compare legato .a staccato style of playing.", "composed of or characterized by abruptly disconnected elements; disjointed:rapid-fire, staccato speech."]}, {"Bold_text": "adverb", "List Items": ["in a staccato manner."]}, {"Bold_text": "noun", "List Items": ["performance in a staccato manner.", "a staccato passage."]}]