low-key
/ləʊˈkiː
/(also low-keyed)
adjective
1Not elaborate, showy, or intensive; modest or restrained: their marriage was a very quiet, low-key affair...
- Burley preached possession but his low-key, modest personality encouraged supporters to give others the credit.
- On the contrary, it was clear that they enjoyed a modest, low-key life-style.
- The celebrations are expected to be modest and low-key, a reflection of the falling economic fortunes of the territory.
Synonyms
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
informal laid-back
1.1 Art & Photography Having a predominance of dark or muted tones: landscape is represented in a low-key palette of blue
- ham-handed
- ham-handedly
- ham-handedness
- Hamhung
- Hamilcar
- Hamilton
- Hamilton, Alexander
- Hamiltonian
- Hamiltonianism
- Hamilton, Lady Emma
- Hamilton, Lewis
- Hamilton, Sir Charles
- Hamilton, Sir William Rowan
- Hamite
- water engineer
- water engineering
- water equivalent
- waterer
- water extract
- waterfall
- waterfalled
- waterfall tie
- water farm
- water farming
- waterfast