The associated or secondary meaning of a word or expression in addition to its explicit or primary meaning.
A subdued emotional quality underlying an utterance; implicit meaning.
Colour of a paint spread very thinly over a white surface.
1 Then one of the sailors in the boat spoke in an undertone .
2 The man dressed in scarlet turned round and said in an undertone :
3 The latter part of the sentence was muttered in an unheeded undertone .
4 Regarding him with a grave eye, his friend replied in an undertone :
5 The scout indicated the course, and then added, in an excited undertone :
6 He simply looked at the sea dully and swore in an undertone .
7 Mr. Dimm called the head-waiter and spoke to him in an undertone .
8 And yet, for the first time, she felt an undertone of disgust.
9 The woman glanced about and said in an undertone , He's all right.
10 She did not go to the trouble of speaking in an undertone .
11 What are you going to do?' she insisted in a worried undertone .
12 As he was passing out the rustler remarked, in a quick undertone :
13 Shorty touched Kit significantly with his elbow and said in an undertone :
14 Rachael repeated in a voiceless undertone as she rapidly paced the room.
15 An understanding ear would have caught the sneering undertone in these words.
16 The men said a few words in an undertone to each other.
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Undertone в диалектах
Соединенные Штаты Америки