undernote
- a word derived from note.
Example Sentences
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All the popular grandfatherly scents—drugstore classics, Brut and Old Spice and English Leather and the like—boast an herbal undernote of sage wisdom.
From Slate ● Oct. 16, 2013
Despite the archness of his tone—which normally would have irritated me—there was a melancholy undernote in his voice.
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
They lived for a while in a great industrial center; they listened to the hoarse, tragic undernote of the millions underneath.
From To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
The man in good clothes dropped his voice to an impressive undernote.
From The Tempering by Buck, Charles Neville
On him, also, the happy star has shone, and we are conscious of an undernote that admits we are all good men and true and know our work.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)