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How to pronounce “low-key”
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- Practice the English pronunciation of low-key with real speech in context.
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- Definition summary
- (art, photography) Dark; characterized by dark tones and muted colors. [from 19th c.]
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A Deep Dive Into “low-key”
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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