inflecting; the rise and fall of the voice in speaking

accent, intonation

a state of mind or spirit; one of the groups of forms that a verb may take to show whether things are regarded as certain, possible, doubtful etc

state of mind

a (mentioned) state or condition of the mind; to harden (metal) by heating and cooling; to make (a judgement etc) less severe

state of mind

a sound, especially with reference to its quality; a quality of the voice in speaking; shade (of colour); degree (of light); any one of the five larger intervals between one note and the next

pitch, volume