tone of voice en · NOUN
Meanings
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The quality, manner, or way someone speaks.
HAL: Go ahead. JOHN: Wait a minute. That tone of voice… you don’t like it!
2004 March, Hal Helms, “Adventures in Encapsulation; Part 2: Talking OO: Learning to think in ‘objects’”, in Robert Diamond, editor, ColdFusion Developer’s Journal, volume 6, number 3, Montvale, N.J.: SYS-CON Publications, →ISSN, →OCLC, pages 24–25:Something in John's tone of voice was coming back to haunt me, and at that moment I realized I'd been had.
2011, Hartley Pool, Stranger in Taiwan:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tones of voice | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Synonyms
Translations (6)
sv tonfall (way someone speaks) · cmn 腔調 /腔调 (way someone speaks) · fi äänensävy (way someone speaks) · cmn 語氣 /语气 (way someone speaks) · cmn 語調 /语调 (way someone speaks) · cmn 聲調 /声调 (way someone speaks)