Another word for low-key
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Adjective
Not irritating, strident, or loud
- Producing or resembling a whisper.
- subdue
- reduced or low in intensity; muted
- quiet or withdrawn
- Yielding readily to pressure or weight:
- Easily molded, cut, or worked:
- Not tense and therefore capable of absorbing the impact of a ball or puck and of catching, receiving, or controlling it:
- Being below average in size:
- Being below average in quantity or extent:
- Limited in importance or significance; trivial:
- Making or characterized by little or no noise:
- Free of turmoil and agitation; calm:
- Providing or allowing relaxation; restful; soothing:
- Relaxed, unstressful, not pressured.
- Having little relative height; not high or tall:
- Rising only slightly above surrounding surfaces:
- Near to the ground or the horizon:
- Very quietly. In soft tones.
- Simple past tense and past participle of hush.
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Another word for low-key
Modifier
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- A restrained, low-pressure method of selling or promotion.
- Not fastened, restrained, or contained:
- Not taut, fixed, or rigid:
- Free from confinement or imprisonment; unfettered:
- Having a relaxed or casual atmosphere or character; easygoing:
- Living without undue worry or concern; calm.
- Lax or negligent; careless.
- Relaxed or informal in attitude or standards:
- Not rigorous or strict.
- Free from strain or tension.
- Easy and informal in manner.
- So slight as to be difficult to detect or describe; elusive:
- Difficult to understand; abstruse:
- Able to make fine distinctions:
- Not striking or obvious, as in style or ornamentation; restrained or subtle:
- Kept under control; subdued or moderate:
- Characterized by self-restraint; reserved:
- Prevented from moving; held down or secured:
- subdue
- reduced or low in intensity; muted
- quiet or withdrawn
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