TONY Meaning of TONY in English to ‧ ny /ˈtəʊni $ ˈtoʊ-/ BrE AmE adjective American English informal [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: tone ] fashionable and expensive:We met in a tony restaurant uptown. Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012