Definitions
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- noun the property of lights or sounds that lack brilliance or are reduced in intensity
- noun a disposition to be patient and long suffering
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Examples
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But nevertheless even in the subduedness of his language he covertly strikes them again, for the word, "present," is exceedingly emphatic, and so is "in want."
NPNF1-12. Saint Chrysostom: Homilies on the Epistles of Paul to the Corinthians Editor 1889
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Aunt Faith leaned against her pillows, looking bright and comfortable, even cheerful; but there was a strange gentleness in look and word and touch, as she greeted the young girl who came to her bedside with a face that wore at once its own subduedness of fresh-past grief, and a wondering, loving apprehension of something to be disclosed concerning the kind friend who lay there, invested so with such new grace of tenderness.
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As if Mat wasn't used to the subduedness of the crowd, he joked to the audience they'd have to "fucking sit through it and grin and bear it" before they played a few Beautiful Girls songs.
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