undernote
- a word derived from note.
Example Sentences
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All the popular grandfatherly scents—drugstore classics, Brut and Old Spice and English Leather and the like—boast an herbal undernote of sage wisdom.
From Slate • Oct. 16, 2013
Despite the archness of his tone—which normally would have irritated me—there was a melancholy undernote in his voice.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
The Rector courteously saluted him; but the guest feared there was an undernote of irony in the bow.
From Plashers Mead A Novel by MacKenzie, Compton
And all the time there was an undernote of music.
From The Missioner by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
The unconscious use of the pronoun did not escape Paul's notice, and he winced at it, as also at the undernote of reproof in her tone.
From Captain Desmond, V.C. by Diver, Maud
