adjective
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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muted blues and purples
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He was awakened by a muted buzzer.
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The Air Transport Association expressed muted support for the action.
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There was rather a muted response to the speech.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A muted grumbling followed, then the slamming of a door.
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Before he could say anything, the telephone on the Grecian plinth nearest to the girl gave a muted double purr.
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Here muted lights, soft leather, stained wood and anaesthetic chamber music prevailed.
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I could spot only four or five, grey-haired and staid-looking, dressed in muted , somewhat old-fashioned, frocks.
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I liked the town, for all its drab and muted calm; it seemed a safe place to be.
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In the second the observations of a character are noted: the metaphor is muted .
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Market reaction to the resignation was muted , with the CAC40 rising 1 percent to 1,942.73.
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Then a cough from next door, muted but clear enough, made him stare at Renwick and shake his head.