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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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51³Ô¹Ï History and Origins

Origin of high-toned1

First recorded in 1770–80
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Murders, sundry lesser crimes and a tense climax aside, “Renegade Nell†is light-hearted, cheeky and something short of high-toned in that peculiar British way.

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Wielding a double-barreled shotgun in his review for The New York Times, the critic Stephen Holden dismissed Sparks’s book as “treacly†and called the film “a high-toned cinematic greeting card.â€

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Today, the city of two million is an international gateway for travelers headed to famous ski destinations like Niseko, a high-toned village catering mostly to foreigners.

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It was a curious book, full of high-toned musings about “the Framers’ wisdom†and “the Madisonian-designed political apparatus.â€

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Too often, when straining to put some daylight between themselves and the Trump administration, regretful Republicans have reached for elaborate excuses and high-toned rhetoric.

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