tonal
adjective
ton·al
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Definition of tonal
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: of or relating to tone, tonality, or tonicity
2
: having tonality
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Other Words from tonal
tonally
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adverb
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Examples of tonal in a Sentence
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Hip-hopâs machine rhythm and rockâs tonal smearing combine for hypnosis on two fronts. — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, "Post Malone Is the Voice of Modern Brain Fog," 9 Sep. 2019 The camera rarely sits still â sometimes swiveling on its axis, sometimes stalking the characters from behind â and its movements drive the pictureâs own tonal oscillations between ecstasy and dread. — Los Angeles Times, "Toronto Film Festival: âWavesâ and âJust Mercyâ shine a light on black American families in crisis," 7 Sep. 2019 They will be sold in sizes XXS to 5XL and in nine different tonal colors at launch, with even more shades coming as the brand continues to expand. — Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, "Kim Kardashian Helped Free Alice Johnson, 64, from Prison - Then Hired Her to Model SKIMS Shapewear," 29 Aug. 2019 Andresâ harmonic language had tonal centers, at times sounding like Copland. — Christian Hertzogwriter, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Review: SummerFest revels in sextets and violins, and Timo Andres impresses with a masterful new piano trio," 21 Aug. 2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 A tonal whipsaw that doesnât have conviction to invest in its own premise. — SFChronicle.com, "Capsule movie reviews for Aug. 18," 14 Aug. 2019 With the exceptions of Charles Ivesâ Largo for Violin, Clarinet and Piano â the most conventionally dissonant piece â and Kimberly Osbergâs Interplay, the music was mostly rooted in a tonal language that employed jazz and folk idioms. — Tim Diovanni, Dallas News, "Clarinet trio shines in opening concert at Dallasâ Basically Beethoven Festival," 12 July 2019 After those pioneers came singers of greater virtuosity and tonal allure: RenĂ© Jacobs, James Bowman, Andreas Scholl, Bejun Mehta. — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, "A Millennial Countertenorâs Pop-Star Appeal," 15 July 2019 His shimmering tonal palette illuminated how much Gershwin admired French Impressionism in general, music of Ravel in particular. — Howard Reich, chicagotribune.com, "CSO review: A bracing evening of Gershwin, Ravel and Stravinsky," 14 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'tonal.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for tonal
tonal
adjective
English Language Learners Definition of tonal
technical
: of or relating to musical or color tones
music
: having or based in a particular key
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