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low-key adjective [ ləʊˈkiː ]

• not elaborate, showy, or intensive; modest or restrained.
• "their marriage was a very quiet, low-key affair"
Similar: restrained, modest, understated, muted, subtle, quiet, low-profile, inconspicuous, unostentatious, unobtrusive, discreet, circumspect, played-down, toned-down, self-effacing, relaxed, downbeat, easy-going, modulated, softened, laid-back,
Opposite: ostentatious, showy,

low-key adverb

• to some extent.
• "this is low-key freaking me out"


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