adjective
- having high principles; dignified.
- having or aspiring to good taste, high standards, or refinement: He writes for a high-toned literary review.
- affectedly stylish or genteel.
adjective
- having a superior social, moral, or intellectual quality
- affectedly superior
- high in tone
1779 of musical pitch, 1807 of morality, from high (adj.) + tone.