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How to pronounce “low-key

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(art, photography) Dark; characterized by dark tones and muted colors. [from 19th c.]

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Meaning

  • [Adjective]
  • (art, photography) Dark; characterized by dark tones and muted colors. [from 19th c.]
  • (by extension) Restrained, subtle, not trying to attract attention. [from 20th c.]
  • [Adverb]
  • (chiefly Canada, US, colloquial) Kind of.
  • (slang) In a low-key or surreptitious manner; secretively; understatedly; on the down-low.

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