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Way of speaking
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tone
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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to impart tone to," 1811, from tone (n.). Related: Toned ; toning . To tone (something) down originally was in painting (1831); general sense of "reduce, moderate" is by 1847.
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Word definitions in Wikipedia
Tone is the use of pitch in language to distinguish lexical or grammatical meaning – that is, to distinguish or to inflect words. All verbal languages use pitch to express emotional and other paralinguistic information and to convey emphasis, contrast, ...
Usage examples of tone.
His accent was neutral, the nearly universal English of non-Russian officers in the CoDominium Service, and it marked his profession almost as certainly as did his posture and the tone of command.
His provincial accent roughened a little, the Anglic harshened with the tones of Haven, his home planet.
I listen for a New York accent, but all I hear is her short-O Flooorida tone.
The appoggiatura is always accented, but the acciaccatura never is, the stress always falling on the melody tone.
In organ music the acciaccatura is still taken to mean that the embellishing tone and the melody tone are to be sounded together, the former being then instantly released, while the latter is held to its full time-value.
The computerized response lacked any trace of personality, quite unlike the acerbic tone Seven expected from his own Beta 5 computer.
The government resisted this, and Lord John Eussell, with a tone of ridicule and acrimony, offered the motion an ostentatious opposition.
Beethoven adagios, of which we find the most beautiful specimens naturally among the orchestral pieces and in the chamber music, where he could depend upon the long phrases and sustained tones of the violins.
Her husband looked at her as if surprised to notice that someone besides Pierre and himself was in the room, and addressed her in a tone of frigid politeness.
By your tone, and your attire, I seem to be addressin someone of quality.
This admonition, delivered in his best courtroom tone, caused two of the guards to retreat a couple of steps.
Clodius Afer asked in a cautionary tone, the helmet poised between his palms and the hinged cheek pieces flopping over the backs of his hands.
Clodius Afer in a tone so dry that the tribune was not sure whether the veteran was being sarcastic or just making conversation on a subject about which he was willing to be friendly.
Plo Koon and Ki-Adi-Mundi winked out, as Obi-Wan and Agen Kolar rose and spoke together in tones softly grave, as Yoda and Mace Windu walked from the room, Anakin could only sit, sick at heart, stunned with helplessness.
We can confidently recommend this compound whenever an alterative is required to cleanse the blood, tone the system, increase its nutrition, and establish a healthy condition.