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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 high-toned /ˈhaɪˈtond/
 (a.)調子高的,高潔的,高尚的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 High-toned a.
 1. High in tone or sound.
 2. Elevated; high-principled; honorable.
 In whose high-toned impartial mind
 Degrees of mortal rank and state
 Seem objects of indifferent weight.   --Sir W. Scott.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 high-toned
      adj : pretentiously elegant; "a high-toned restaurant" [syn: high-class]