high-toned

high-toned

(hī′tōnd′)

adj.

1. Intellectually, morally, or socially superior.

2. Fashionable or pretentious: a high-toned restaurant.

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high-toned

adj

1. having a superior social, moral, or intellectual quality

2. affectedly superior

3. high in tone

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high′-toned′

or high′-tone′,

adj.

1. having high principles; dignified.

2. having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement: a high-toned literary review.

3. affectedly stylish or genteel.

[1770–80]

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Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

high-toned - pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant" high-class elegant - refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style; "elegant handwriting"; "an elegant dark suit"; "she was elegant to her fingertips"; "small churches with elegant white spires"; "an elegant mathematical solution--simple and precise and lucid"

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