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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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2024
Her daughter, Martha Moxley, was found bludgeoned and fatally stabbed with a golf club in the backyard of her family’s home in Greenwich’s tony Belle Haven neighborhood on Halloween 1975.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
The shopping scene in tony Santa Barbara, Calif., suburb Montecito keeps heating up.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
The project would transform the rugged hillside above the Sunland-Tujunga neighborhood, which has largely been spared from development, into a tony community with 221 homes.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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Travis Mark The homes were designed for single families, but as tony New Yorkers moved uptown in the 20th century, the buildings were chopped into apartments that eventually lured the Greenwich Village bohemian set.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 27 Dec. 2024
Her daughter, Martha Moxley, was found bludgeoned and fatally stabbed with a golf club in the backyard of her family’s home in Greenwich’s tony Belle Haven neighborhood on Halloween 1975.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 27 Dec. 2024
The shopping scene in tony Santa Barbara, Calif., suburb Montecito keeps heating up.
—Booth Moore, WWD, 13 Dec. 2024
The project would transform the rugged hillside above the Sunland-Tujunga neighborhood, which has largely been spared from development, into a tony community with 221 homes.
—Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Tony.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/tony. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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