All 11 Uses of

tone
in
Dracula

How he came there, I know not, but I heard his voice raised in a tone of imperious command, and looking towards the sound, saw him stand in the roadway.
p. 20.4

tone = general feeling, mood, or attitude

As he answered me his face grew stern, and he said in quite a different tone, "Oh, it was the grim irony of it all, this so lovely lady garlanded with flowers, that looked so fair as life, till one by one we wondered if she were truly dead, she laid in that so fine marble house in that lonely churchyard, where rest so many of her kin, laid there with the mother who loved her, and whom she loved, and that sacred bell going 'Toll!"
p. 187.4

tone = quality of the voice that expresses a general feeling, mood, or attitude

I was touched by the tenderness of his tone, and asked why.
p. 188.3

tone = general feeling, mood, or attitude

He said to Renfield in a tone which did not surprise me at the time, but only when I thought of it afterwards, for it was as of one addressing an equal, "Can you not tell frankly your real reason for wishing to be free tonight?"
p. 261.5

tone = sound of voice expressing a general attitude

Then Van Helsing said in a quiet grave tone, "Tell us your dream, Mr. Renfield."
p. 296.5

tone = quality of voice expressing a feeling or mood

His very tone betray him, or my ears deceive.
p. 327.1

tone = quality of voice expressing a general feeling or mood

The stillness was broken by Van Helsing's voice speaking in a low level tone which would not break the current of her thoughts.
p. 332.6

tone = the general feeling, mood, or attitude of something

The answer came dreamily, but with intention. It were as though she were interpreting something. I have heard her use the same tone when reading her shorthand notes.
p. 332.9

tone = quality of voice that expresses a general feeling, mood, or attitude

All at once two voices shouted out to "Halt!" One was my Jonathan's, raised in a high key of passion. The other Mr. Morris' strong resolute tone of quiet command.
p. 399.1

tone = quality of voice expressing an attitude

The gypsies may not have known the language, but there was no mistaking the tone, in whatever tongue the words were spoken.
p. 399.1 *

tone = quality of the voice that expresses a general feeling or attitude

Uses with a meaning too common or too rare to warrant foucs:

I was already thinking what I had best do, when the driver, looking at his watch, said to the others something which I could hardly hear, it was spoken so quietly and in so low a tone, I thought it was "An hour less than the time."†
p. 16.4 *

Definitions:

(1) (tone as in: the tone of the essay)
the general feeling, mood, or attitude of something -- especially of something said or written
(2) (meaning too common or rare to warrant focus)
meaning too common or too rare to warrant focus:

See a comprehensive dictionary for the many other common and less common meanings of tone including:
- a quality of sound, music, or voice
- a quality of color
- a quality of muscles seen after exercise, or the act of exercising to create that quality
- signals from a telephone
The expression "tone down", means to make something less forceful.