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low-key

adjective as in dry

adjective as in folksy

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However, as she feared, The Bell Jar appeared to indifferent notices and the launch—which Ted attended—was rather low-key.

Later that night, this low-key man went out on stage with otherworldly energy.

We prefer the low key spots, where the eating is as cheap as it is delicious.

The Pass is the dressed down, low key spot, while The Provisions is more formal.

In person, Ligety is fairly humble, and low-key—almost enigmatic.

Voices at last, low and muffled, voices pitched in a low key, men talking as in deep confidence.

The girls sit down all the time in a row, and wave their hands and arms about and sing in a low key and in frightful discord.

They continued the conversation, turned into this ominous channel, in the same low key.

"In health you may dash the Potage with a little juyce of Orange" is in the same low key.

He used it to keep his voice in a low key and to measure his words on the great subject.

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On this page you'll find 52 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to low-key, such as: easygoing, laid-back, muted, quiet, relaxed, and restrained.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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