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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. pretentiously elegant;
- Example: "a high-toned restaurant"
[syn: high-class, high-toned]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

High-toned \High"-toned`\, a. 1. High in tone or sound. [1913 Webster] 2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable. [1913 Webster] In whose high-toned impartial mind Degrees of mortal rank and state Seem objects of indifferent weight. --Sir W. Scott. 3. pretentious, pompous. [PJC]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

high-toned adj 1: pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant" [syn: high-class, high-toned]