low-toned
- s very low in volume
the low-toned murmur of the surf
- But their attention was captured once again by a slender, low-toned speaker wearing a blue legionnaire-type cap.
- But Paar's low-toned impudence and highhanded wit often came off engagingly.
- The Senator passed from the oratorical into the conversational; galleries and stenographers strained ears to catch low-toned thrusts and parries.