variants also low-keyed

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Recent Examples of low-key Where to stay on the North Fork Its largest town, Greenport, offers a low-key alternative to flashier Long Island escapes like the Hamptons. Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 2 Oct. 2025 At the beginning of this finale, the two main pairings (Will-Sylvia and Sylvia-Charlie) are both at odds in appropriately low-key ways. Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025 The best of these low-key spots in Canada, at least according to a January 2025 study led by Jackpot City, an online casino, is Mt. Maichen Ski Hill. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 30 Sep. 2025 Also, this is low-key the premise of the movie Simone? Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for low-key
Recent Examples of Synonyms for low-key
Adjective
  • Economists see an uptick in hiring, though still at a subdued level.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Eventually the euphoria of the moment started giving way to subdued appreciation.
    Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 27 Sep. 2025
Adjective
  • The scenes at these restaurants may appear like a snapshot of Rome during La Dolce Vita rather than modern day Milan, where understated chic and a slice of northern Italian chill is on the menu du jour.
    Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Now the Bank of England is throwing around the B-word, albeit in the understated style typical of a central bank.
    Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • That would include gun-violence restraining orders and domestic violence protective orders, which are among several kinds of orders that compel a restrained person to surrender firearms.
    Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 13 Oct. 2025
  • This would make the policy more fiscally restrained but less universal.
    Christopher Robertson, The Conversation, 7 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Yet in reality, Knape explains, early color filmmaking methods didn’t do well with semi-clear substances like (pseudo)blood, or with muted colors.
    Mark Hay, Popular Science, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Hudson’s strapless gown featured a muted sky blue tone with silver motifs throughout.
    Julia Teti, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Antinori, who has worked in top-tier hotel bars across Europe, has eschewed the complexity of modern mixology in favor of straightforward, unpretentious tipples that spotlight quality local ingredients.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Skylark Negril Beach Resort was the ideal backdrop for dreams to take shape: vibrant yet unpretentious, a space steeped in Jamaican soul.
    Essence, Essence, 3 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Strufe adds that while intelligence agencies or cybercriminals have simpler ways to monitor people – such as accessing CCTV cameras or video doorbells – the widespread presence of wireless networks could eventually form a near-comprehensive surveillance infrastructure.
    Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 11 Oct. 2025
  • The simplest way to find influential people in a network is called degree centrality—just count the number of connections for each person.
    Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Hours after the deal’s announcement, videos posted on social media by correspondents and Unicef spokesperson James Elder in Gaza showed a relatively quiet night sky, a rare occurrence in an enclave that has faced incessant bombardments for just over two years.
    Callum Sutherland, Time, 9 Oct. 2025
  • When Venus journeys through Virgo, affection looks like cooking a meal for someone, fixing what’s broken or showing up in quiet, consistent ways.
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 8 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Most major news brands decline Pentagon censorship rules A dozen or more major media companies, including conservative-leaning newsrooms, have refused to sign a pledge to only report officially approved news from the Pentagon.
    Diane Brady, Fortune, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The figures were crunched by researchers at the Institute for Legislative Analysis (ILA), an organization closely affiliated with the Institute for Legislative Advocacy, a conservative group that promotes smaller government.
    Mike Lillis, The Hill, 14 Oct. 2025

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“Low-key.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/low-key. Accessed 15 Oct. 2025.

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