tony

aggettivosostantivocorrente nei dialoghi

//ˈtəʊni//

Stylish, high-toned, upscale.

aggettivo

1
informaleStylish, high-toned, upscale.
“He’d scorn it. You heard what he said to-night,” answered Ben. “Never mind that. He’s got tony notions, but he isn’t a pamby, for all his talk.[…]”
"No ladies or any of your tony friends?"
He bought it for a song in 1984 compared with what his fellow financiers were spending on tonier Park and Fifth Avenues.
Meanwhile, on another plane entirely, “Another Period” (Comedy Central, recently renewed for Season 2) is a send-up of crunchy-gravel dramas, set in tony Rhode Island in 1902.

Etimologia

From tone + -y.

sostantivo

1
arcaicoA simpleton.
it would have serv'd for a Caution to People how they trifle and play the Tonies betwixt Jeft and Earnest
A pattern and companion fit / For all the keeping tonies of the pit.

Etimologia

From the name Tony.

Forme

plurale: tonies
comparativo: tonier
superlativo: toniest

tonic · Pertaining to tension, especially of the muscles.tonight · During the night following the current day; during the…tons · Lots; large quantities or numbers (of people or things).

tony · Stylish, high-toned, upscale.

Tony · A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony tonya · A trade broker in Japan, usually a wholesaler, warehouse…Tonya · A diminutive of the female given names Antonina or Antonia,…

Le pagine vicine — L'ordine alfabetico segue le regole della lingua, non il valore dei byte: un accento distingue soltanto due parole per il resto identiche, e lo spagnolo tratta la Ñ come una lettera a sé.