Tonelessness
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The state or condition of being toneless. uncountable
"So much menace, so much studied tonelessness and unmusicality — and on the part of so young a virtuoso — is disturbing, to say the least, and it comes a relief when he lays it aside."
Example
More examples"So much menace, so much studied tonelessness and unmusicality — and on the part of so young a virtuoso — is disturbing, to say the least, and it comes a relief when he lays it aside."
Etymology
From toneless + -ness.
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