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▪ I. muted a.1
see mute v.4
▪ II. muted, a.2|ˈmjuːtɪd|
[f. mute v.3 + -ed1.]
Rendered mute, silent; muffled. spec. Of music or musical instruments: Having the sound muffled. Also in extended use; spec. of colour = subdued ppl. a. 2.
1861Sat. Rev. 14 Dec. 611 There is a pleasing effect by the muted violins. 1879G. Meredith Egoist III. ii. 50 That low muted tone of the very heart, impossible to deride. 1897Edin. Rev. Apr. 316 It is only a muted melancholy. 1905Howells London Films 93 The muted Sunday streets. 1939M. B. Picken Language of Fashion 101/3 Muted, subdued or toned down. Often applied to colours. 1950Britannica Bk. of Year 682/2 Muted, of lighting, subdued. 1958Oxf. Mail 9 July 6/2 Sea colours—aquamarine, sapphire blue, muted green. 1964Daily Tel. 7 Feb. 16/2 ‘It is unlikely that the development of public expenditure on the scale implied will leave much scope for a reduction in taxation.’ This muted sentence..must often come to people's minds as they read of new commitments. 1964Mrs. L. B. Johnson White House Diary 17 July (1970) 181 My West is muted brown and green and gray. 1968Jazz Monthly Nov. 23/1 Davis uses that distinctive hard-edged smokey-centred muted tone. 1974Impressionism (R. Acad.) 45/2 He uses a very restricted colour-range to convey an overcast snow-effect—muted blues and greens set off against grey and white.
Hence ˈmutedly adv.
1891G. Meredith One of our Conq. II. viii. 212 Now and then mutedly ebullient at the mouth. |