toned

“I know it was very strong toned, but that’s how he gives his lecture as a professor.”

He is more of a toned athlete, but immensely strong and powerful.

Donald Trump has spent years getting away with saying just about anything on a stage, with his more unhinged asides being toned down through major media outlets' "sanewashing."

Set in the world of 1980s TV, Dame Jilly is relieved that the most outlandish sensibilities and plotlines of Rivals have not been toned down for a more sensitive 2024 audience.

But the Lib Dems have not toned down their hostility towards Conservatives, who they took 60 of their 72 seats from in the general election.