low-key
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7.4
- adverb
- /loʊ ki/
- Informal
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- Being famous and going on dates is low key horrible.
- keep it low-key
- very low-key
- so low-key
I honestly, I will add you because you are low key my friend.
- I honestly, I will add you because you are low key my friend.
- So they like him being more low key mysterious, all these things.
- I've been filming super low key just living life.
- He's done it low key again.
- It's pretty low key in terms of what it is.
- And I low key this might be like too much.
- You know, being a little spoon is is low key fire.
- But I was low key like thank God that you did that.
- And, you know, just doing some wild, you know, low key crazy senior citizens style shit.
- This glass is plastic, which is low key everything.
- Like fans were like low key, like fading away so.
Examples
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For the moment, I'm happy to keep it fairly low-key, find my voice, and enjoy what I do.
Blog text (20) -
I mean, I low key was cheering for her.
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So it's just been kind of like a low key kind of month.
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It's pretty low key in terms of what it is.
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I've been filming super low key just living life.
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Outside of work, I like to stay low-key: good food, great conversation, and the occasional adventure.
Blog text (21) -
She was impressed by how low-key he was being.
Fiction book (1999) -
Now getting together with friends, it's more low-key, like lunches, dinners, coffee, etc.
Blog text (30) -
He's just a real friendly, low-key dude, and he's so unassuming that he makes you feel
Blog text (28) -
He prefers to keep his celebrations low-key, inviting only a few close friends.
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Etymology
Low-key began as the same idea of low ('not loud or bright') plus key ('tone' or main light), and people started using it in speech to mean 'a little' or 'quietly'. That's why if you say you are low-key excited or annoyed, you mean you feel it in a small, restrained way.