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Low-keyed   /loʊ-kid/   Listen
adjective
low-keyed, low-key  adj.  Restrained in style or quality; not flashy or intense; understated; as, a little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence.
Synonyms: subdued.






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Low-keyed" Quotes from Famous Books



... continuous, steady, low-keyed, advancing hum, like the rushing of wild horses, their hoofbeats lost in one mighty, throbbing, tumultuous roar; then a deeper darkness fell upon the scene, and swift as the swoop of an eagle ...
— The Moccasin Ranch - A Story of Dakota • Hamlin Garland

... moved 50 miles south, to a much better homestead with more acreage and an abundant well. Ironically, only then did I grow my first summertime vegetable without irrigation. Being a low-key survivalist at heart, I was working at growing my own seeds. The main danger to attaining good germination is in repeatedly moistening developing seed. So, in early March 1988, I moved six winter-surviving savoy cabbage plants far beyond the irrigated soil of my raised-bed vegetable ...
— Gardening Without Irrigation: or without much, anyway • Steve Solomon



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