variants
or less commonly toney
tonier; toniest
: marked by an aristocratic or high-toned manner or style
tony private schools
plural Tonys
: a medallion awarded annually by a professional organization for notable achievement in the theater
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Stephen Mihm, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Netflix was due to host its annual takeover of the tony spot, and has since pivoted to The Twenty Two in Mayfair.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
For more than a century, Plaza Athénée, nestled on the tony Avenue Montaigne, has remained one of the most illustrious addresses in Paris.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
The Directors Guild Awards, which includes assistant directors and production managers in its voting body, tends to go more mainstream and American than the Oscars‘ more tony and international-leaning Directors Branch.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
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Adjective
In 1967, for example, the Daily Breeze reported that the previous six years’ worth of insurance losses in the hills totaled $30 million, with 80% of those losses concentrated in tony Bel Air.
—Stephen Mihm, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2025
Netflix was due to host its annual takeover of the tony spot, and has since pivoted to The Twenty Two in Mayfair.
—Nancy Tartaglione, Deadline, 15 Feb. 2025
For more than a century, Plaza Athénée, nestled on the tony Avenue Montaigne, has remained one of the most illustrious addresses in Paris.
—Ian Malone, Vogue, 30 Jan. 2025
The Directors Guild Awards, which includes assistant directors and production managers in its voting body, tends to go more mainstream and American than the Oscars‘ more tony and international-leaning Directors Branch.
—Anne Thompson, IndieWire, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Tony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tony. Accessed 20 Feb. 2025.
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