| tone of voice 
 
 the quality of a person's voice
 - he began in a conversational tone
 - he spoke in a nervous tone of voice
 • Syn:
 tone
 • Derivationally related forms:
 intonate (for: tone)
 • Hypernyms:
 manner of speaking, speech, delivery
 • Hyponyms:
 note, roundness, rotundity, undertone
 
 
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