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Undertone   /ˈəndərtˌoʊn/   Listen
Undertone

noun
1.
A quiet or hushed tone of voice.
2.
A subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning.  Synonym: undercurrent.
3.
A pale or subdued color.  Synonym: tinge.





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"Undertone" Quotes from Famous Books



... thinking that the unsavory reputation of this island may keep those fellows from coming here," Walter observed in an undertone. ...
— The Boy Chums in the Forest - or Hunting for Plume Birds in the Florida Everglades • Wilmer M. Ely
... five inches of rain to his credit. (So far, eleven inches was the Territory record for one night). Also the fringe of birds was back at the billabong, having returned with as little warning as it had left, and once more its ceaseless chatter became the undertone ...
— We of the Never-Never • Jeanie "Mrs. Aeneas" Gunn
... stakes were was no business of Mr. Draper's. The gentlemen said they would play for shillings, and afterwards counted up their gains and losses, with scarce any talking, and that in an undertone. A bow on both sides, a perfectly grave and polite manner on the part of each, and ...
— The Virginians • William Makepeace Thackeray
... received with enthusiasm; in 1852 he was elected to the Academy, but his work was done, and already an ill-controlled indulgence in alcohol had fatally undermined his never robust strength; his writings, besides possessing the charm of an exquisite style, heightened by an undertone of true tenderness, are chiefly remarkable for the intense sincerity of feeling, albeit of a limited range, which animates them, and which finds its highest expression in his four great lyrical pieces, "Les Nuits"; his fine instinct for dramatic situation and gift of witty dialogue are manifest ...
— The Nuttall Encyclopaedia - Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge • Edited by Rev. James Wood
... him to one side, and they talked for a few moments in a rapid undertone. More than once the manager of the restaurant, for such I imagined him to be, glanced towards me, and I was fairly certain that I formed the subject of their conversation. When it was finished Louis beckoned, and we all three turned towards the door together, ...
— The Lost Ambassador - The Search For The Missing Delora • E. Phillips Oppenheim


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