The Only Use of
tone
in
Cry, the Beloved Country
Uses with a very common or rare meaning:
- The chief ended his words in a tone of hope and encouragement, and he spoke as though between them they had brought the matter to a successful end.†
Chpt 3.31
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.