Definition of "low-toned" []

• Relatively low in volume; soft; -- of sound. Opposite of <ant>loud</ant>. (adjective)

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• "I stand in a trance watching the Gnawans play their deeply hypnotic music, marked by low-toned, urgent rhythmic sintir melodies, call and response singing, hand clapping and the shaking of rattle-like cymbals called krakeb."
• "David Schildknecht, the Austrian wine reviewer for Robert Parker's Wine Advocate, gave the Moric Alte Reben Neckenmarkt Blaufrankisch 2006 95 points and noted it's "concentrated black fruits ... smoky suggestions of machine oil and Szechuan pepper ... deep, low-toned, multi-dimensional, rolling finish""
• "The low-toned rumble of metal on metal is more soothing than the high-pitched muscle of jet engines or the droning of an auto motor."