Toneless
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Toneless is an adjective meaning Lacking tone or expression.
Meaning
Lacking tone or expression.
More Meanings
- Lacking vitality; listless; lifeless.
- (linguistics) Lacking tone or pitch, have the neutral tone.
Example Sentences
The Cumshewa totem poles were dark and colourless, the wood toneless from pouring rain.
And sure enough she had settled down at once, so that in less than two months it seemed to Stephen that Miss Puddleton must always have been at Morton, must always have been sitting at the large walnut table, must always have been saying in that dry, toneless voice with the Oxford accent: ‘You’ve forgotten something, Stephen,’ […]
Antonyms for toneless
Common opposites include toned.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include inexpressive, timbreless, expressionless, characterless, bloodless, vague.
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