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Modest, restrained
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low-key
Word definitions for low-key in dictionaries
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. restrained in style or quality; "a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence" [syn: low-keyed , subdued ]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 restrained, subtle, not trying to attract attention 2 (context photography English) dark, with little or no (w: fill light) and high (w: lighting ratio).
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN approach ▪ Kermode felt Limb would have to be greeted but recommended a low-key approach . EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ a low-key approach to management ▪ This year's campaign was low-key and quiet. EXAMPLES FROM ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
low-key \low-key\ low-keyed \low-keyed\adj. restrained in style or quality; not flashy or intense; understated; as, a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence. Syn: subdued.
Usage examples of low-key.
But he also had a friendly, low-key manner, came home and traveled his district on most weekends, and had a fabulous casework operation, helping little towns get water and sewer grants and securing government benefits for constituents, often from programs he had voted to slash back in Washington.
Their slow, low-key morning also kept Becca from moving into an overstimulated, hypervigilant state, so she could sleep.
Before Cardona could ask Marcia about her zombi companions, the girl gave a low-keyed call.
Most of all, though, he cursed the skunks under his floorboards whose perpetual low-key stink was driving him insane--his eyes continually watered, his nostrils had become raw and almost bloody.
In different circumstances Celia would have expressed herself forcefully, but curiosity caused her to remain low-key.
But given the United States' precedent in using expatriated Nazis and Cubans for their covert operations, and the extremely low-key nature of the Bush/Clinton Iraqi resettlement program, one has to wonder what Hussaini's real purpose was.
The word was he was the best at interrogating witnesses and suspects alike, because when he needed to be, he was cool and low-key and could calm the most hysterical witness, but he was also a real hard-ass with the bad guys.
This was a low-key reception for the leader of the air base's host country, but Mzee Tharaka, the fabled Zarakali freedom fighter, vacillated between pomp and austerity in matters of governance, and you could never be sure what occasions would provoke which response.
Haloga magic was often so low-key that a Videssian, used to showier sorcery, would hardly notice it was there.
This ceaseless boosterism, in the service of order, health, prosperity, and the Singaporean way, quickly induces a species of low-key Orwellian dread.