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high-toned

or high-tone

[ hahy-tohnd ]

adjective

  1. having high principles; dignified.
  2. having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement:

    He writes for a high-toned literary review.

  3. affectedly stylish or genteel.


high-toned

adjective

  1. having a superior social, moral, or intellectual quality
  2. affectedly superior
  3. high in tone
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of high-toned1

First recorded in 1770–80
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Example Sentences

His message resonated with wealthy industrialists, high-toned educators, and even presidents.

Of course, high-toned infidels do not consider themselves as debased as the natives of India.

Is for a couple of copies of my medallion, as gilt-edged and high-toned as it is possible to make them.

The latter was a man of character, with lofty principles, while his living brother was far from being a high-toned person.

James Knowles so respected him that he allowed him to write anarchistic articles for his high-toned Nineteenth Century.

He no longer slept in the haymow but had a room of his own and other rooms to rent to the "high-toned traveling men."

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