Tonified

adj, verb

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Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of tonify form-of, participle, past
Adjective
  1. 1
    Highly fashionable or stylish; classy; tony.

    "That tonified filly talkin' to me like that. She oughter be took down a peg or two."

  2. 2
    relying on tone as a determinant of meaning; tonal.

    "The accentual nature of H tones was said to be captured by this formal property not obtaining in “pure tone” languages with completely tonified underlying forms."

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"That tonified filly talkin' to me like that. She oughter be took down a peg or two."

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