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tonetic
adjective to·net·ic \tō-ˈne-tik\
Definition of TONETIC
1
: relating to linguistic tones or to tone languages
2
: of or relating to intonation <tonetic notation>
— to·net·i·cal·ly \-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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First Known Use of TONETIC
1922
Rhymes with TONETIC
aesthetic, ascetic, athletic, balletic, bathetic, cometic, cosmetic, eidetic, emetic, frenetic, gametic, genetic, hermetic, limnetic, magnetic, mimetic, noetic, Ossetic, paretic, pathetic, phenetic, phonetic, phyletic, poetic, prophetic, prosthetic, pyretic, splenetic, syncretic, syndetic, synthetic, Venetic
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