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- 1. stylish or superior: North American "an oasis of classily high-toned culture"
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The meaning of HIGH-TONED is high in social, moral, or intellectual quality. How to use high-toned in a sentence.
1. Rare. high in tone; high-pitched. 2. characterized by dignity, lofty moral or intellectual quality, high principles, etc. often used ironically or humorously. 3. US, Informal. of or imitating the manners, attitudes, etc. of the upper classes.
High-toned definition: having high principles; dignified.. See examples of HIGH-TONED used in a sentence.
1. having high principles; dignified. 2. having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement: a high-toned literary review. 3. affectedly stylish or genteel. [1770–80] Random House Kernerman Webster's College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Synonyms for HIGH-TONED: highbrow, cerebral, intellectual, civilized, cultured, polished, intellectualistic, bourgeois; Antonyms of HIGH-TONED: barbarous, unrefined, ignorant, unpolished, uncivilized, barbaric, uncultured, uneducated
Definitions of high-toned. adjective. pretentiously elegant. “a high-toned restaurant”. synonyms: high-class. elegant. refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style.
High-toned definition: Intellectually, morally, or socially superior.
What does the adjective high-toned mean? There are four meanings listed in OED's entry for the adjective high-toned. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. This word is used in U.S. English. See meaning & use. How common is the adjective high-toned? About 0.09 occurrences per million words in modern written English.
having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement: He writes for a high-toned literary review.
having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement: He writes for a high-toned literary review. affectedly stylish or genteel. Also, high ′ -tone ′ .
