tony

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See also: Tony

English

Alternative forms

toney

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtəʊni/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Rhymes: -əʊni

Etymology 1

tone +‎ -y

Adjective

tony (comparative tonier, superlative toniest)

(informal, Canada, US) Stylish, high-toned, upscale.
Synonym: swank
- 2013 August 16, Robin Finn, “A Former Madoff Penthouse Goes Back on the Market”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
  He bought it for a song in 1984 compared with what his fellow financiers were spending on tonier Park and Fifth Avenues.
- 2015 October 1, Hank Stuever, “In the hunt for a new favorite show, 'when' might be as crucial as 'what'”, in Washington Post:
  Meanwhile, on another plane entirely, “Another Period” (Comedy Central, recently renewed for Season 2) is a send-up of crunchy-gravel dramas, set in tony Rhode Island in 1902.
- 2017, David Friend, The Naughty Nineties:
  My host gained national notoriety after her high-profile arrest in 1993 on charges connected with running L.A.'s toniest prostitution ring.
- 2022 February 10, Mike Hale, “‘Inventing Anna’ Review: The SoHo Scammer, Explained at Length”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:
  The meaty and more familiar parts of Anna’s story — passing as a German heiress, ripping off tony hotels, brazenly exploiting narcissistic machers and star-struck working women — are told in flashback as Vivian reports her article.

Translations

stylish, high-toned, upscale

Bulgarian: моден (bg) (moden), елегантен (bg) (eleganten)
Czech: elegantní, šik (cs)
German: schick (de), exklusiv (de), schmuck (de)
Irish: galánta

Etymology 2

From the name Tony.

Noun

tony (plural tonies)

(archaic) A simpleton.
- 1692, Roger L’Estrange, “ (please specify the fable number.) (please specify the name of the fable.)”, in Fables, of Æsop and Other Eminent Mythologists: , London: R Sare, , →OCLC:
  it would have serv'd for a Caution to People how they trifle and play the Tonies betwixt Jeft and Earnest
- 1677 (first performance), John Dryden, All for Love: Or, The World Well Lost. A Tragedy, , : Tho Newcomb, for Henry Herringman, , published 1678, →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
  A pattern and companion fit / For all the keeping tonies of the pit.

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtɔ.nɨ/
Rhymes: -ɔnɨ
Syllabification: to‧ny

Noun

tony

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