LOW KEY meaning: Subdued, quiet in tone, manner

We found 27 dictionaries that define the word low key:

General (22 matching dictionaries)

low key: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
low-key: Merriam-Webster
low-key: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
low-key: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
low-key, low-key: Collins English Dictionary
low-key: Vocabulary.com
Low-Key, Low-key, low-key: Wordnik
low-key: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
low-key, low key: Wiktionary
low-key: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
low-key: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
low-key: Infoplease Dictionary
low-key, low key: Dictionary.com
low-key: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Low Key (Ally Brooke song), Low Key, Low key: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
low-key: Rhymezone
low-key: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
low-key: FreeDictionary.org
low-key: Mnemonic Dictionary
low-key: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

low-key: Encyclopedia

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low-key: Idioms

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low-key: Urban Dictionary

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)

Low Key: Nikonians Photo Glossary
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Definitions from Wiktionary (low key)

▸ noun:  A restrained or subdued situation.
▸ noun:  (photography) A dark area of a photograph with little contrast.
▸ adverb:  (informal) Alternative spelling of low-key [(chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) Kind of.]

Opposite:

high profile, extravagant, flamboyant, ostentatious

Phrases:

low key lighting, low key revelry, more...

Adjectives:

weak, low-key, low, sober, sobersided, larvate, still, temperant, subtile, soft, softly softly

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