Definition of "undernote" [undernote]

• A low or subdued note; an undertone. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "The wild hysteria of the mob rocketed from wall to wall of Lakkdarol's narrow streets and the storming of heavy boots over the slag-red pavement made an ominous undernote to that swelling bay, Shambleau!"
• "I wasn't sure how the carrot-vanilla thing would go, but the carrots didn't have the bitter undernote some carrots do, so it was really quite fine."
• "My friend Christie Ridgway was born to write romantic comedies with a piercing undernote."