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Entry 3 senses Webster, 1913

High-toned

· High·-toned · IPA
01 a. High in tone or sound.
  1. 1.
    High in tone or sound.
  2. 2.
    Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
    “In whose high-toned impartial mind Degrees of mortal rank and state Seem objects of indifferent weight.” Sir W. Scott.
  3. 3.
    pretentious, pompous.