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  • adjective Pertaining to intonation.

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  • His answer: that the conceptual framework of rights has been incorporated not only intonational constitutions and international covenants but also into modern human subjectivity.

    Archive 2008-07-01 Mary L. Dudziak 2008

  • His answer: that the conceptual framework of rights has been incorporated not only intonational constitutions and international covenants but also into modern human subjectivity.

    Mullins reviews Slaughter, Human Rights, Inc.: The World Novel, Narrative Form, and International Law Mary L. Dudziak 2008

  • He's one of the most intonational (ph) language ever because with that same music, all the youth of the world, all the people, can communicate.

    Senegalese Trio Daara J 2006

  • For Dostoyevsky, according to Vladimir Zakharov, punctuation was intonational and intuitive.

    languagehat.com: DOSTOEVSKY AND RUSSIAN PUNCTUATION. 2005

  • Some people are deft mindreaders, picking up subtle intonational shifts and adjusting their response with imperceptible ease.

    Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004

  • Some people are deft mindreaders, picking up subtle intonational shifts and adjusting their response with imperceptible ease.

    Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004

  • Some people are deft mindreaders, picking up subtle intonational shifts and adjusting their response with imperceptible ease.

    Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004

  • Some people are deft mindreaders, picking up subtle intonational shifts and adjusting their response with imperceptible ease.

    Mind Wide Open Steven Johnson 2004

  • The evocation of the transfiguring moonlight of Mondnacht, for example, was compromised by intonational uncertainty.

    Evening Standard - Home Barry Millington 2011

  • "When you've got singers or you've got trombone players or violinists, when they're playing music -- in the moment -- they're constantly adjusting their intonational aspects to the requirements of the moment."

    Chicago Reader 2010

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