Definitions
The rise and fall of pitch in speech or music.
Word origin
From French intonation, from Medieval Latin intonatio, from intonō + -tiō.
Used in a sentence
“She well knew the power of intonation, and thought that, in the absence of the curled lip, the contemptuous twitch of the nose, and the supercilious toss of the head, her message might be acceptable for Louisa's sake,...”
“This additional cause of the intonation of thunder, together with the simile with which it is illustrated, is copied from our poet, both by Pliny, Nat. Hist. ii, 431, and Isidorus, Orig. xiii.”
“In anxious expectation stood the crowd, When the shrill clarion's intonation loud Gave notice that the challenger drew nigh.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Speech pitch”10 letters
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