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Definition of toned in English: tonedadjective təʊndtoʊnd 1Having firm and well-defined muscles. beautifully toned arms and shoulders Example sentencesExamples - You want to do something about it but you're unmotivated - a toned butt seems so unattainable and you don't know where to start!
- Naturally athletic, she honed her skills and toned physique through years of competitive swimming and track and field events.
- She's a martial artist as well, which accounts for the toned body.
- She may be in her mid-thirties but she has beautifully toned arms and shoulders and strong lean legs.
- She has a sleek swimmer's body, all muscled up and toned!
2Having a particular colour or shade; tinted. in combination bronze-toned light fittings Example sentencesExamples - He suggested that this might have been achieved by applying white pigment to a toned canvas.
- Gone are the garish colours and tones of his earlier works; enter a more neutral and earthen toned film in keeping with the stark landscapes and backdrops.
- Both paper brands are not purely white, but are slightly toned.
- The wall treatment is suggestive of a toned whitewash.
- She was awarded First Prize for her toned silver prints of leaves.
3in combination Having a musical or vocal sound of a specified pitch, quality, or strength. a rich-toned string instrument a clear-toned soprano voice Example sentencesExamples - The pure-toned, elegantly articulated flute solo was truly beautiful.
- He brought magisterial eloquence to the Prelude to Act 3, with mellow, golden-toned playing from the orchestra's brass.
- Their performance was the very essence of great Brahms - richly reverberant string playing with that wonderful dark-toned undercurrent.
- The lovely cello solo was delivered with rich-toned authority.
- He commanded bright-toned singing from his excellent chamber vocal group.
4Having a particular character or attitude. your responses are lightly toned but very perceptive Example sentencesExamples - The singer harshly enunciates the conversationally toned verses.
- "Those scenes of solitude from which the hand of nature has never been lifted, affect the mind with a more deep-toned emotion than aught which the hand of man has touched," wrote Thomas Cole.
- While it is very likely the most seriously toned of the films in the line-up this year, it still evokes shrills of fear and delight.
- Other than a few academically toned articles, I have yet to meet or read anyone who will actually back up their assertions with references to the books.
- The way they act together is brilliantly toned with the type of comedy this film is, and it's refreshing to see that the pair of them realise this.
Definition of toned in US English: tonedadjectivetōndtoʊnd 1Having firm and well-defined muscles. beautifully toned arms and shoulders Example sentencesExamples - She's a martial artist as well, which accounts for the toned body.
- You want to do something about it but you're unmotivated - a toned butt seems so unattainable and you don't know where to start!
- She may be in her mid-thirties but she has beautifully toned arms and shoulders and strong lean legs.
- She has a sleek swimmer's body, all muscled up and toned!
- Naturally athletic, she honed her skills and toned physique through years of competitive swimming and track and field events.
2Having a particular color or shade; tinted. in combination the leaves form bronze-toned tubes Example sentencesExamples - Gone are the garish colours and tones of his earlier works; enter a more neutral and earthen toned film in keeping with the stark landscapes and backdrops.
- He suggested that this might have been achieved by applying white pigment to a toned canvas.
- The wall treatment is suggestive of a toned whitewash.
- Both paper brands are not purely white, but are slightly toned.
- She was awarded First Prize for her toned silver prints of leaves.
3in combination Having a musical or vocal sound of a specified pitch, quality, or strength. a rich-toned string instrument a clear-toned soprano voice Example sentencesExamples - Their performance was the very essence of great Brahms - richly reverberant string playing with that wonderful dark-toned undercurrent.
- He commanded bright-toned singing from his excellent chamber vocal group.
- He brought magisterial eloquence to the Prelude to Act 3, with mellow, golden-toned playing from the orchestra's brass.
- The lovely cello solo was delivered with rich-toned authority.
- The pure-toned, elegantly articulated flute solo was truly beautiful.
4Having a particular character or attitude. your responses are lightly toned but very perceptive Example sentencesExamples - While it is very likely the most seriously toned of the films in the line-up this year, it still evokes shrills of fear and delight.
- The way they act together is brilliantly toned with the type of comedy this film is, and it's refreshing to see that the pair of them realise this.
- Other than a few academically toned articles, I have yet to meet or read anyone who will actually back up their assertions with references to the books.
- The singer harshly enunciates the conversationally toned verses.
- "Those scenes of solitude from which the hand of nature has never been lifted, affect the mind with a more deep-toned emotion than aught which the hand of man has touched," wrote Thomas Cole.
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