Formality and interpersonal tone

having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation…

characteristic of informal spoken language or conversation; "wrote her letters in a colloquial style"; "the broken syntax and casual enunciation…

characterized by courtesy and gracious good manners; "if a man be gracious and courteous to strangers it shows he is a citizen of the world" - F…

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic change of subject"

using or marked by tact in dealing with sensitive matters or people; "the hostess averted a confrontation with a diplomatic change of subject"

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

(of spoken and written language) adhering to traditional standards of correctness and without casual, contracted, and colloquial forms; "the pap…

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

not formal; "conservative people unaccustomed to informal dress"; "an informal free-and-easy manner"; "an informal gathering of friends"

characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a cle…

characterized by often poignant difference or incongruity between what is expected and what actually is; "madness, an ironic fate for such a cle…

showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a tactful way of correcting someo…

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

having no hue; "neutral colors like black or white"

undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"

undistorted by emotion or personal bias; based on observable phenomena; "an objective appraisal"; "objective evidence"

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

plan and direct (a complex undertaking); "he masterminded the robbery"

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

marked by refinement in taste and manners; "cultivated speech"; "cultured Bostonians"; "cultured tastes"; "a genteel old lady"; "polite society"

engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or means of livelihood; "the professional man or woman possesses distinctive qualificatio…

feeling or manifesting veneration

feeling or manifesting veneration

expressing or expressive of ridicule that wounds

characterized by directness in manner or speech; without subtlety or evasion; "blunt talking and straight shooting"; "a blunt New England farmer…

taking place within the mind and modified by individual bias; "a subjective judgment"

showing skill and sensitivity in dealing with people; "by diplomatic conduct he avoided antagonizing anyone"; "a tactful way of correcting someo…

feeling or manifesting veneration

of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair"

of a light grey

capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning … to savage mordant wit"

of something that is somewhat black; "blackish clouds"

smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pa…

of greyish white; "the canescent moon"

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

natural and unstudied; "using their Christian names in a casual way"; "lectured in a free-and-easy style"

of something having the color of chalk; "she turned chalky white"

of a very dark grey

being attentive to women like an ideal knight

scientifically detached; unemotional; "he spoke in the clipped clinical monotones typical of police testimony"

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

spitefully sarcastic; "corrosive criticism"

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

straightforward in means or manner or behavior or language or action; "a direct question"; "a direct response"; "a direct approach"

of a very dark black

of a very dark black

appropriate for ordinary or routine occasions; "casual clothes"; "everyday clothes"

being attentive to women like an ideal knight

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a m…

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a m…

of an achromatic color of any lightness intermediate between the extremes of white and black; "the little grey cells"; "gray flannel suit"; "a m…

harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning … to savage mordant wit"

of something totally lacking in saturation and therefore having no hue

having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"

lacking in harmony or compatibility or appropriateness; "a plan incongruous with reason"; "incongruous behavior"; "a joke that was incongruous w…

used of spoken and written language

of the color of black ink

of the grey color of iron

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

being attentive to women like an ideal knight

appropriate to literature rather than everyday speech or writing; "when trying to impress someone she spoke in an affected literary style"

capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

harshly ironic or sinister; "black humor"; "a grim joke"; "grim laughter"; "fun ranging from slapstick clowning … to savage mordant wit"

having no personal preference; "impersonal criticism"; "a neutral observer"

capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

involving gainful employment in something often done as a hobby

of a white the color of pearls

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pa…

emanating from a person's emotions and prejudices

professing to be qualified; "a professed philosopher"

capable of wounding; "a barbed compliment"; "a biting aphorism"; "pungent satire"

(used of persons and their behavior) cultivated and genteel; "she was delicate and refined and unused to hardship"; "refined people with refined…

feeling or showing profound respect or veneration; "maintained a reverent silence"

of a dark somewhat brownish black

disdainfully or ironically humorous; scornful and mocking; "his rebellion is the bitter, sardonic laughter of all great satirists" - Frank Schoe…

exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

exposing human folly to ridicule; "a persistent campaign of mockery by the satirical fortnightly magazine"

bitter or scornful; "the face was saturnine and swarthy, and the sensual lips … twisted with disdain" - Oscar Wilde

of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair"

of grey resembling silver

of lustrous grey; covered with or tinged with the color of silver; "silvery hair"

of the color of slate or granite; "the slaty sky of dawn"

of the color of slate or granite; "the slaty sky of dawn"

smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pa…

of the white color of snow

of the white color of snow

of the blackest black; similar to the color of jet or coal

smoothly agreeable and courteous with a degree of sophistication; "he was too politic to quarrel with so important a personage"; "the manager pa…

capable of being verified; "a verifiable account of the incident"

of something having a color tending toward white