Toned

1Having firm and well-defined muscles.

‘her toned physique’

‘beautifully toned arms and shoulders’

‘She's a martial artist as well, which accounts for the toned body.’
‘She has a sleek swimmer's body, all muscled up and toned!’
‘She may be in her mid-thirties but she has beautifully toned arms and shoulders and strong lean legs.’
‘Naturally athletic, she honed her skills and toned physique through years of competitive swimming and track and field events.’
‘You want to do something about it but you're unmotivated - a toned butt seems so unattainable and you don't know where to start!’

2Having a particular color or shade; tinted.

‘toned paper’

‘richly toned prints’

in combination ‘the leaves form bronze-toned tubes’

‘The wall treatment is suggestive of a toned whitewash.’
‘Both paper brands are not purely white, but are slightly toned.’
‘She was awarded First Prize for her toned silver prints of leaves.’
‘He suggested that this might have been achieved by applying white pigment to a toned canvas.’
‘Gone are the garish colours and tones of his earlier works; enter a more neutral and earthen toned film in keeping with the stark landscapes and backdrops.’

3in combination Having a musical or vocal sound of a specified pitch, quality, or strength.

‘a rich-toned string instrument’

‘a clear-toned soprano voice’

‘the deep-toned bass’

‘He brought magisterial eloquence to the Prelude to Act 3, with mellow, golden-toned playing from the orchestra's brass.’
‘The lovely cello solo was delivered with rich-toned authority.’
‘The pure-toned, elegantly articulated flute solo was truly beautiful.’
‘He commanded bright-toned singing from his excellent chamber vocal group.’
‘Their performance was the very essence of great Brahms - richly reverberant string playing with that wonderful dark-toned undercurrent.’

4Having a particular character or attitude.

‘your responses are lightly toned but very perceptive’

‘Other than a few academically toned articles, I have yet to meet or read anyone who will actually back up their assertions with references to the books.’
‘"Those scenes of solitude from which the hand of nature has never been lifted, affect the mind with a more deep-toned emotion than aught which the hand of man has touched," wrote Thomas Cole.’
‘The singer harshly enunciates the conversationally toned verses.’
‘The way they act together is brilliantly toned with the type of comedy this film is, and it's refreshing to see that the pair of them realise this.’
‘While it is very likely the most seriously toned of the films in the line-up this year, it still evokes shrills of fear and delight.’

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