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Definition of Toned
1. Adjective. Having or characterized or distinguished by tone or a specific tone; often used in combination. "Deep-toned"
2. Adjective. Having or distinguished by a tone; often used in combination. "Silver-toned"
Definition of Toned
1. a. Having (such) a tone; -- chiefly used in composition; as, high-toned; sweet- toned.
Definition of Toned
1. Verb. (past of ''tone'') ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Toned
1. tone [v] - See also: tone
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toned
Literary usage of Toned
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Evenings at the Microscope: Or, Researches Among the Minuter Organs and by Philip Henry Gosse (1883)
"By ANNETTE LYSTER, author of on toned paper. Crown 8vo Cloth boards 2 6 " Mrs.
Dobbs' Dull ... With Three full-page Illustrations on toned paper. Crown Bvo. ..."
2. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"And to this study he applied, as in all his undertakings, a delicacy and freshness
of feeling, an accuracy of observation toned down by a slightly sensual ..."
3. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1829)
"... Or in the sunshine sing—the real towers, Where chime the clear-toned Sabbath
evening-bellt On people walking to the house of God Unto the real clouds, ..."
4. Lectures, Illustrated and Embellished with Views of the World's Famous by John Lawson Stoddard (1898)
"... while among its Gothic towers is a clock, whose deep-toned voice proclaims
the passing hours to a town that will be world- renowned while Time endures. ..."
5. Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz by Carl Schurz (1913)
"What a blessing a good, strong, searching but high-toned opposition would be to
Cleveland's Administration and to the cause of good government! ..."
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