Both Uses of
intone
in
Main Street, by Sinclair Lewis
- His liturgy was composed of intoned and metrical road-comments: "They say there's a pretty good hike from Duluth to International Falls."†
Chpt 16 *
- Without understanding when or how, without a tangible change in the stilted intoning of the stage-puppets, she was conscious of another time and place.†
Chpt 17
Definition:
to speak; or (less commonly) to sing or play music
The exact meaning of intone can depend upon its context. It can mean:
- to say something somberly (slowly and seriously without much change in pitch)
- to speak or sing in a careful manner as with rising and falling pitch
- to say in a particular tone or pitch