All 3 Uses of
tone
in
The Chrysanthemums
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- In her tone and on her face there was a little smugness.†
- Henry put on his joking tone.†
- He changed his tone quickly.†
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Definition:
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(meaning too common or 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.