toneless
Britishadjective
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having no tone
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lacking colour or vitality
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Publicly, she remained above party politics, always attending the state opening of Parliament but delivering the “Queen’s Speech” outlining the government’s agenda in the toneless accents expected of a politically neutral sovereign.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 8, 2022
The only piece of Diane she has is “the neural snag she left in my head, the mad drone of her toneless seventeen-year-old voice that long-ago night.”
From Slate • Jul. 25, 2018
But that didn’t matter, murmured Beal in his baritone which predictably grows toneless and even deeper following tough losses.
From Washington Post • Mar. 22, 2018
His body language when he first acknowledged the shooting: toneless inflection, looking away from the camera, looking slightly annoyed.
From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2018
When he answered his voice was neutral and toneless.
From "Native Son" by Richard Wright
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