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Word Frequency of low-key

low-key or low-keyed

Definitions

adjective

  1. having a low intensity or tone
  2. restrained, subdued, or understated
  3. (of a photograph, painting, etc) having a predominance of dark grey tones or dark colours with few highlights Compare high-key

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= subdued, quiet, restrained, muted, played down, understated, muffled, toned down, low-pitched

Translations for 'low-key'

  • British English: low-key If you say that something is low-key, you mean that it is on a small scale rather than involving a lot of activity or being made to seem impressive or important. ADJECTIVEThe wedding will be a very low-key affair.
  • Brazilian Portuguese: discreto
  • Chinese: 有节制的有节節制的
  • European Spanish: sencillo sencilla
  • French: discret discrète
  • German: zurückhaltend
  • Italian: sobrio sobria
  • Japanese: 控えめな
  • Korean: 수수한
  • Portuguese: discreto discreta
  • Spanish: sencillo sencilla

Example Sentences Including 'low-key'

Blair came down to share her joy in the news, though the celebration was low-key.
Gaskin, Catherine The Ambassador's Women
Bullard devotees are without pretense and savour the host's low-key , politely Canadian approach.
Globe and Mail (2003)
But when we met at the prison gates, Kerstin had dressed deliberately low-key.
Tomas Graves TUNING UP AT DAWN: A Memoir of Music and Majorca (2004)
I just want a low-key , nice quiet night out with the girls.
Cecelia Ahern 2004 PS, I LOVE YOU (2004)
Ottawa is taking a low-key approach to the Kazakh leader's visit.
Globe and Mail (2003)
The garden will be officially opened by Prince Charles next Spring so Monday's opening will be low-key.
Glasgow Herald (2001)
Then they played low-key warm-up shows at the Dublin Olympia (May 17-18).
NME (New Musical Express) (2003)
There was a brief, gentlemanly, low-key conversation and Flynn came back, smiling.
Christina Jones TICKLED PINK (2002)
We go for our own beer and talk about the low-key man we've just met.
Glasgow Herald (2001)

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