How do you pronounce the word tone?
What does tone mean?
1 : an individual way of speaking or writing especially when used to express an emotion He replied in a friendly tone. 2 : common character or quality There was a polite tone to the discussions. 3 : quality of spoken or musical sound. 4 : a sound on one pitch.
Is the T silent in exactly?
When the T and D sounds come between two other consonant sounds, many Americans will drop them. But when we add the -ly ending, it now comes between two consonants. You’ll hear a lot of native speakers say ‘exactly‘, with no T sound. Exactly, exactly.