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from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A low or subdued note; an undertone.

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Examples

  • 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!

    REVIEW: The World Turned Upside Down edited by David Drake, Eric Flint and Jim Baen 2009

  • 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!

    REVIEW: Northwest of Earth: The Complete Northwest Smith by C. L. Moore 2008

  • 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.

    Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2008

  • My friend Christie Ridgway was born to write romantic comedies with a piercing undernote.

    Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Give yourself a gift 2008

  • The undernote of Beeswax and the Lemongrass make for a match made in heaven!

    Archive 2007-12-01 Anne-Marie 2007

  • The undernote of Beeswax and the Lemongrass make for a match made in heaven!

    8% Beeswax Soap Anne-Marie 2007

  • I started with a glass of excellent Marc Hebrart brut rosé and for dinner we had a bottle of Sancerre whose name I have already forgotten, even though it was quite good and had an interestingly dark and savory undernote.

    Paging Mr. Creosote. dennis_obell 2008

  • “I say,” he said now, laughing nervously, but with an undernote of snarl in his voice, “why on earth are you nipping my arm off, Horrocks, and dragging me along like this?”

    The Door in the Wall, and other stories Herbert George 2006

  • I will not be surprised to find some oakmoss in it either, though not in a chypre context but an oriental context, and perhaps some underlining spices that are subtle and are not meant to be recognized but rather create a warm undernote to support the rest of the scene.

    Archive 2006-03-01 Ayala Sender 2006

  • ‘How is Ms Sinclair?’ she asked with a steely undernote that should have abashed him.

    The Rich Man's Royal Mistress Donald, Robyn 2006

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