in a softened tone; "hushed voices"; "muted trumpets"; "a subdued whisper"; "a quiet reprimand"和らげられたトーンで静か
being or made softer or less loud or clear; "the dull boom of distant breaking waves"; "muffled drums"; "the muffled noises of the street"; "muted trumpets"より柔らかに、小さく、あるいは、明らかである、あるいはの状態にされる鈍い