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Definition of Low-key
1. Adjective. Restrained in style or quality. "A little masterpiece of low-keyed eloquence"
Definition of Low-key
1. Adjective. restrained, subtle, not trying to attract attention ¹
2. Adjective. (photography) dark, with little or no (w fill light) and high (w lighting ratio). ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Low-key
Literary usage of Low-key
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Standard Speaker: Containing Exercises in Prose and Poetry for by Epes Sargent (1852)
"The difficulty of being distinct and audible in the low key is at first discouraging ;
but prac- ..."
2. Poetry as a Representative Art: An Essay in Comparative Aesthetics by George Lansing Raymond (1899)
"... representing Reflective Tendency or Intellectual Motive—On its Instinctive
Side by High and Low Key—What each represents—On its Reflective, by Rising, ..."
3. How to Teach Reading in the Public Schools by Solomon Henry Clark (1901)
"To illustrate: if we are addressing an audience in a small room, we shall speak
in a moderately low key. If the auditorium is large, the key will be higher. ..."
4. First Theory Book by Diller, Angela (1921)
"Press down silently any low key on the piano, and produce the overtones of this
fundamental, by striking in turn the keys corresponding to these overtones. ..."
5. Wilson's Photographic Magazine (1910)
"They should be screened somewhat, so as not to be lighter than the face. Blondes.
Use a low key of light, so as to get all of the strength possible. ..."
6. The Photographic Journal of America: The Oldest Photography Magazine in America (1917)
"Use a low key of light, so as to get all of the strength possible. As a rule,
the blonde appears to be lacking in strength in the picture unless ..."
7. Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: With a Series of Introductory Lessons by Richard Green Parker (1850)
"The LOW KEY is that which is used when we wish no one to bear, ... And ever and
anon he beat the doubling drum with furious heat: [Low key, very slowly. ..."
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