tonal

Definition

Of or relating to tones or tonality.

Etymology

From tone + -al.

Example Sentences

• "The lurid way the story played out felt like a tonal shift for Empire, but not necessarily a bad one—in the process of shedding its cool costume-drama attitude for grotesque family dysfunction, the episode felt for once less like a story about Prohibition and more one about a specific set of people."

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