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Force must not be used, but steady firm pressure against the tonically contracted cricopharyngeus is made, while at the same time the distal end of the esophagoscope is lifted by the left thumb.

From Bronchoscopy and Esophagoscopy A Manual of Peroral Endoscopy and Laryngeal Surgery by Jackson, Chevalier

The measure of light and dark when mixed is tonically the same as the gray of the gradation—but its attraction is weakened.

From Pictorial Composition and the Critical Judgment of Pictures by Poore, Henry Rankin

It is too proud, too austere, too true, and too tonically cruel to appeal to mandarins.

From Books and Persons Being Comments on a Past Epoch 1908-1911 by Bennett, Arnold

Nonsense," he replied tonically; "it will take Christopher a few minutes to get your saddle on.

From Cytherea by Hergesheimer, Joseph