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Definition of low-key adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

low-key

adjective
 
/ˌləʊ ˈkiː/
 
/ˌləʊ ˈkiː/
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  1. not intended to attract a lot of attention
    • Their wedding was a very low-key affair.
    Extra Examples
    • We have a fairly low-key approach to discipline.
    • We want to keep the whole affair as low-key as possible.
    • The announcement was relatively low-key.
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs
    • be
    • seem
    • keep something
    adverb
    • very
    • fairly
    • pretty
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