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Meaning of tone of voice | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The quality, manner, or way someone speaks.

Equivalents

Suomi äänensävy

Svenska tonfall

Examples

“Something in John's tone of voice was coming back to haunt me, and at that moment I realized I'd been had.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

tone painting tone poem tone policing tone sandhi tone scale tone tag