tonally
- adverb
- /ˈtoʊnəli/
- They do have variations and differences between those movies, tonally, and in terms of genre, but not quite as deviated as this is from what they do.
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Watch on YouTubeYou're going to own your own IP, you're going to make revenue in some revenue share and you're going to make something that is tonally very different from what we're making.
- You're going to own your own IP, you're going to make revenue in some revenue share and you're going to make something that is tonally very different from what we're making.
- I watched the Giannis one to see, you know how tonally.
- And I could talk about tonally, conceptually, the type of characters are in it, the plot, There's all sorts of room to make it new.
- Kamala talked for an hour, managed not to say anything really substantive, which was pretty stunning and in probably tonally the worst bit.
Examples
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The film's soundtrack was tonally rich, enhancing the emotional impact of each scene.
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When I was teaching middle school band, I tried to choose rote songs to use during the warm-up periods that rhythmically and tonally matched the material we would be rehearsing that day.
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That was not sort of the right move tonally, first State of the Union.
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This part was, you know, a tough thing also, tonally, to find.
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While the ending may not tonally stick the landing, the lack of pure satisfaction
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Until these stresses relax, which can take up to a year after construction, the voice of the instrument is weak and tonally inferior.
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But tonally, the shifts between the Trans and Dean/Cas/Sam were a bit much.
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But Singer's second X-Men film really hit the nail on the head when it came to being tonally connected to the comics!
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While they are tonally very different, Hokyo's strong 2D skills have translated beautifully to both League of Legends and The Unfinished Swan.
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JK: You know, the reason that I did this show was that it was very far—character-wise, tonally, and in all sorts of ways—from Weeds.
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How Tonal
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Tonally comes from the common word tone, which means a musical 'sound' or the general 'quality' of a voice, color, or style. The ending -ally means 'in a way related to', so tonally means 'in a way related to tone', which is why we use it to describe sound, colour, or mood.