tony

name

1. A male given name, a short form of Anthony/Antony

   “For a micromoon and Friday the 13th full moon to occur together is extraordinarily rare. The last time it happened was in 1832 and it won't happen again for more than 500 years according to Tony Rice, a meteorologist and engineer at NASA.”

2. A female given name.
3. A surname transferred from the given name

noun

1. Any of the statuettes awarded by the American Theatre Wing.

   “She was first nominated for a Tony in 1990 for “The Grapes of Wrath,” and she was nominated again, in 1996, for “Buried Child” — both times for best featured actress in a play.”

2. (archaic)A simpleton.

   “it would have serv'd for a Caution to People how they trifle and play the Tonies betwixt Jeft and Earnest”

   “A pattern and companion fit / For all the keeping tonies of the pit.”

adj

1. (Canada, US, informal)Stylish, high-toned, upscale.

   ““He’d scorn it. You heard what he said to-night,” answered Ben. “Never mind that. He’s got tony notions, but he isn’t a pamby, for all his talk.[…]””

   “"No ladies or any of your tony friends?"”

   “He bought it for a song in 1984 compared with what his fellow financiers were spending on tonier Park and Fifth Avenues.”

   “Meanwhile, on another plane entirely, “Another Period” (Comedy Central, recently renewed for Season 2) is a send-up of crunchy-gravel dramas, set in tony Rhode Island in 1902.”

   “My host gained national notoriety after her high-profile arrest in 1993 on charges connected with running L.A.'s toniest prostitution ring.”